Cereal aphids differently affect benzoxazinoid levels in durum wheat.

Aphids are major pests in cereal crops that cause direct and indirect damage leading to yield reduction. Despite the fact that wheat provides 20% of the world's caloric and protein diet, its metabolic responses to aphid attack, in general, and specifically its production of benzoxazinoid defens...

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Main Authors: Reut Shavit, Zhaniya S Batyrshina, Nitsan Dotan, Vered Tzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208103