Hydroxyacetophenone defenses in white spruce against spruce budworm

Abstract We review a recently discovered white spruce (Picea glauca) chemical defense against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) involving hydroxyacetophenones. These defense metabolites detected in the foliage accumulate variably as the aglycons, piceol and pungenol, or the corresponding glu...

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Main Authors: Geneviève J. Parent, Claudia Méndez‐Espinoza, Isabelle Giguère, Melissa H. Mageroy, Martin Charest, Éric Bauce, Joerg Bohlmann, John J. MacKay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Evolutionary Applications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12885