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ECOLOGY: Enhanced: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Ally
M. W. Sabelis, A. Janssen, M. R. Kant
When attacked by hungry herbivores (usually insects or their larvae), many plants emit airborne volatiles. As Sabelis et al. discuss in their Perspective, these volatiles not only repel the attackers and other potential herbivores, they also lure herbivore predators into the vicinity (Kessler and Baldwin). In this way, volatiles provide a two-pronged defense that protects the plant both directly and indirectly.
The authors are at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-mail: sabelis{at}bio.uva.nl
Identification and Regulation of TPS04/GES, an Arabidopsis Geranyllinalool Synthase Catalyzing the First Step in the Formation of the Insect-Induced Volatile C16-Homoterpene TMTT.
M. Herde, K. Gartner, T. G. Kollner, B. Fode, W. Boland, J. Gershenzon, C. Gatz, and D. Tholl (2008)
PLANT CELL
20, 1152-1168
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The Biochemical and Molecular Basis for the Divergent Patterns in the Biosynthesis of Terpenes and Phenylpropenes in the Peltate Glands of Three Cultivars of Basil.
Y. Iijima, R. Davidovich-Rikanati, E. Fridman, D. R. Gang, E. Bar, E. Lewinsohn, and E. Pichersky (2004)
Plant Physiology
136, 3724-3736
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Differential Timing of Spider Mite-Induced Direct and Indirect Defenses in Tomato Plants.
M. R. Kant, K. Ament, M. W. Sabelis, M. A. Haring, and R. C. Schuurink (2004)
Plant Physiology
135, 483-495
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