Induced carbon reallocation and compensatory growth as root herbivore tolerance mechanisms

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2613-2622

  Robert, Christelle A M ^a   Ferrieri, Richard A ^b   Schirmer, Stefanie ^a   Babst, Benjamin A ^b   Schueller, Michael J ^b   Machado, Ricardo A R ^a   Arce, Carla C M ^a,c   Hibbard, Bruce E ^d   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a   Turlings, Ted C J ^e   Erb, Matthias ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

11CO2; Compensatory root growth; Diabrotica virgifera; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROWN ROT; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LEAF; MAIZE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT; TOLERANCE;

DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; HERBIVORY; MERISTEM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920142666     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12359     Document Type: Article

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