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Differences in Nicotine Metabolism of Two Nicotiana attenuata Herbivores Render Them Differentially Susceptible to a Common Native Predator

BACKGROUND: Nicotiana attenuata is attacked by larvae of both specialist (Manduca sexta) and generalist (Spodoptera exigua) lepidopteran herbivores in its native habitat. Nicotine is one of N. attenuata's important defenses. M. sexta is highly nicotine tolerant; whether cytochrome P450 (CYP)-me...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Pavan, Rathi, Preeti, Schöttner, Matthias, Baldwin, Ian T., Pandit, Sagar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095982