A Latex Metabolite Benefits Plant Fitness under Root Herbivore Attack.

A Latex Metabolite Benefits Plant Fitness under Root Herbivore Attack.

Plants produce large amounts of secondary metabolites in their shoots and roots and store them in specialized secretory structures. Although secondary metabolites and their secretory structures are commonly assumed to have a defensive function, evidence that they benefit plant fitness under herbivor...

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Main Authors: Meret Huber, Janina Epping, Christian Schulze Gronover, Julia Fricke, Zohra Aziz, Théo Brillatz, Michael Swyers, Tobias G Köllner, Heiko Vogel, Almuth Hammerbacher, Daniella Triebwasser-Freese, Christelle A M Robert, Koen Verhoeven, Veronica Preite, Jonathan Gershenzon, Matthias Erb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002332

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002332

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