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Constitutive emission of the aphid alarm pheromone, (E)-β-farnesene, from plants does not serve as a direct defense against aphids

BACKGROUND: The sesquiterpene, (E)-β-farnesene (EBF), is the principal component of the alarm pheromone of many aphid species. Released when aphids are attacked by enemies, EBF leads aphids to undertake predator avoidance behaviors and to produce more winged offspring that can leave the plant. Many...

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Autores principales: Kunert, Grit, Reinhold, Carolina, Gershenzon, Jonathan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-10-23