Chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions: ecological significance of plant secondary metabolites.
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Abstract
Plants produce a diverse array of secondary metabolites as chemical barriers against herbivores. Many phytophagous insects are highly adapted to these allelochemicals and use such unique substances as the specific host-finding cues, defensive substances of their own, and even as sex pheromones or their precursors by selectively sensing, incorporating, and/or processing these phytochemicals. Insects also serve as pollinators often effectively guided by specific floral fragrances. This review demonstrates the ecological significance of such plant secondary metabolites in the highly diverse interactions between insects and plants.
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- Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry
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Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 78 (1), 1-13, 2014-04-30
Taylor & Francis Group
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- CRID
- 1050564285766966784
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- NII Article ID
- 120005646452
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- NII Book ID
- AA10824164
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- ISSN
- 09168451
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- HANDLE
- 2433/198902
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- IRDB
- CiNii Articles