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The Only African Wild Tobacco, Nicotiana africana: Alkaloid Content and the Effect of Herbivory

Herbivory in some Nicotiana species is known to induce alkaloid production. This study examined herbivore-induced defenses in the nornicotine-rich African tobacco N. africana, the only Nicotiana species indigenous to Africa. We tested the predictions that: 1) N. africana will have high constitutive...

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Autores principales: Marlin, Danica, Nicolson, Susan W., Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Stevenson, Philip C., Heyman, Heino M., Krüger, Kerstin
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/PMC4099186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25025217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102661