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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |