How scent and nectar influence floral antagonists and mutualists

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue JULY2015, 2015, Pages

  Kessler, Danny ^a   Kallenbach, Mario ^a   Diezel, Celia ^a   Rothe, Eva ^a   Murdock, Mark ^a,b   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; ACETONE; BENZYL ACETONE; NECTAR;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EGG LAYING; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINATION; INFLORESCENCE; MOTH; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; POLLINATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDLING; SYMBIOSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENE SILENCING; HERBIVORY; MANDUCA; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLOWERS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HERBIVORY; MANDUCA; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84938948190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07641     Document Type: Article

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