Abstract
Ethylene emission from excised and intact American basswood tissue was increased after seedlings were infested with the bud-feeding herbivore, Thrips calcaratus. Gas chromatographic analysis showed that thrips-infested tissue produced significantly more ethylene than mechanically damaged or control tissue. The possibility that thrips feeding enhances ethylene-mediated stress signals is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 187-197 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Ecology |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1995 |
Keywords
- Ethylene
- Thrips calcaratus
- Tilia
- basswood
- herbivory
- induction
- insects
- phytohormones
- plant-insect interactions
- thrips
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Biochemistry