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Glucosinolate Abundance and Composition in Brassicaceae Influence Sequestration in a Specialist Flea Beetle

The horseradish flea beetle Phyllotreta armoraciae exclusively feeds on Brassicaceae, which contain glucosinolates as characteristic defense compounds. Although glucosinolates are usually degraded by plant enzymes (myrosinases) to toxic isothiocyanates after ingestion, P. armoraciae beetles sequeste...

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Autores principales: Yang, Zhi-Ling, Kunert, Grit, Sporer, Theresa, Körnig, Johannes, Beran, Franziska
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7056735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31953704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-020-01144-y