Evolutionary ecology: Plant volatile profile changes after escaping specialist insects.

Autor: Sobhy IS; School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt., Bruce TJA; School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Electronic address: t.j.a.bruce@keele.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2021 Aug 09; Vol. 31 (15), pp. R969-R971.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.043
Abstrakt: Considerable debate surrounds the role of plant volatiles in plant defence against insects. A new study provides evidence for evolutionary changes in an invasive plant that support the defensive role of plant volatiles.
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Databáze: MEDLINE