Plant Volatiles as a Defense against Insect Herbivores
Open Access
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 121 (2) , 325-332
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.121.2.325
Abstract
Leaves normally release small quantities of volatile chemicals, but when a plant is damaged by herbivorous insects, many more volatiles are released. The chemicKeywords
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