Costs and Benefits of Induced Responses in Soybean
Herbivorous insects are known to negatively impact plant fitness, such that plants have evolved defense strategies to reduce the preference and performance of herbivores on those plants. However, a plants investment in defense may be costly when herbivores are absent from the environment. Defense tr...
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LSU
2011
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06232011-211905/ |