Volatile Profiles and Resistance to Herbivory in Eastern Hemlock

Eastern hemlock hosts the hemlock woolly adelgid, an introduced sap-feeding insect that causes rapid deterioration of the host. Like most conifers, eastern hemlock produces a variety of constitutive and induced defenses, primarily terpenoids. To explore the relationship of terpenoid defenses with ad...

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Main Author: McKenzie, Elizabeth A
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/104
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=masters_theses_2