Macroevolution of leaf defenses and secondary metabolites across the genus Helianthus

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1720-1733

  Mason, Chase M ^a   Bowsher, Alan W ^a   Crowell, Breanna L ^a   Celoy, Rhodesia M ^a   Tsai, Chung Jui ^a   Donovan, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; Herbivory; High performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (HPLC MS); Pathogen; Physical; Sunflowers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LEAF; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRADE-OFF;

HELIANTHUS; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SUNFLOWER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HELIANTHUS; HERBIVORY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

EID: 84969404289     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13749     Document Type: Article

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