Open AccessA Sesquiterpene Distress Signal Transmitted by Maize
Author(s) -
Kathleen L. Farquharson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.108.200210
Subject(s) - biology , herbivore , foraging , plant defense against herbivory , botany , ecology , biochemistry , gene
Plants release a blend of volatile defense compounds in response to herbivore feeding. Whereas some of these volatiles act as direct deterrents, others serve as indirect defense signals that attract natural enemies of the foraging herbivores (reviewed in [Dicke et al., 2003][1]). For instance, the
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