Targeted plant defense: silicon conserves hormonal defense signaling impacting chewing but not fluid-feeding herbivores.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3250
Abstract: Plants deploy an arsenal of chemical and physical defenses against arthropod herbivores, but it may be most cost efficient to produce these only when attacked. Herbivory activates complex signaling pathways involving several phytohormones, including jasmonic… read more here.
Keywords: plant; defense; fluid feeding; silicon ... See more keywords