Volatile exchange between undamaged plants - a new mechanism affecting insect orientation in intercropping.

Changes in plant volatile emission can be induced by exposure to volatiles from neighbouring insect-attacked plants. However, plants are also exposed to volatiles from unattacked neighbours, and the consequences of this have not been explored. We investigated whether volatile exchange between undama...

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Main Authors: Velemir Ninkovic, Iris Dahlin, Andja Vucetic, Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic, Robert Glinwood, Ben Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3726678?pdf=render