Trade-offs and ontogenetic changes in resistance and tolerance to insect herbivory in Arabidopsis

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-158

  Hoque, Shamsul ^a   Avila Sakar, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of tolerance; Defense; Mechanisms; Ontogeny; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FRUITING; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HEXAPODA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 84922367955     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679478     Document Type: Article

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