Morphological and Biochemical Factors Associated with Constitutive Defense to Thrips in Alfalfa

Plants have evolved a series of inducible or constitutive defense mechanisms in response to herbivore attack. Constitutive plant defenses are morphological and biochemical traits of the plants themselves, regardless of the presence of herbivores. We bred an alfalfa variety (Caoyuan No.4) with high t...

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Published in:	Agronomy
Main Authors:	Zhiqiang Zhang, Qi Chen, Rula Sa, Rui Dai, Shuang Shuang, Xiaohong Jiang, Huijie Liu, Yao Tan, Fang Tang, Buhe Temuer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-05-01
Subjects:	<i>Medicago sativa</i> thrips constitutive defense thrichome wax metabolome
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/5/1175