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Induced responses to herbivory /
Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in resp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Interspecific interactions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers, they are far from defenseless. In addition to adaptations like thorns, which may be produced in response to attack, plants actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato plant leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals that inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Over the past fifteen years, research on these induced r. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 319 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-300) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226424979 9780226424972 1281223719 9781281223715 9786611223717 6611223711 |