Allylglucosinolate and Herbivorous Caterpillars: A Contrast in Toxicity and Tolerance
- 16 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 200 (4347) , 1296-1298
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.200.4347.1296
Abstract
Allylglucosinolate, found in many cruciferous plants, is acutely toxic to Papilio polyxenes larvae, which do not normally attack crucifers. By contrast, larval growth of Pieris rapae , a crucifer specialist, is not affected even by artificially high concentrations of allylglucosinolate. Larval growth of Spodoptera eridania a generalist feeder, is inhibited by high but not by low concentrations of the compound.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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