Plant defense against herbivory or host-plant resistance is a range of adaptations evolved by plants which improve their survival and reproduction by reducing...
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Plants have evolved many defense mechanisms against insect herbivory in the 350 million years in which they have co-evolved. Such defenses can be broadly...
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ability of plants to mitigate the negative fitness effects caused by herbivory. It is one of the general plant defense strategies against herbivores,...
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Plant defense may refer to: Plant defense against herbivory Inducible plant defenses against herbivory Plant tolerance to herbivory Plant use of endophytic...
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Jasmonate (category Plant hormones)
reproductive development. In particular, JAs are critical for plant defense against herbivory and plant responses to poor environmental conditions and other kinds...
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metabolites often play an important role in plant defense against herbivory and other interspecies defenses. Humans use secondary metabolites as medicines...
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Tritrophic interactions in plant defense against herbivory describe the ecological impacts of three trophic levels on each other: the plant, the herbivore, and...
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Floral scent (section Plant-plant communications)
(see Plant defense against herbivory), and to attract pollinators. Floral scent is one of the most important communication channels mediating plant-pollinator...
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called avenalumins.) Alexin (humoral immunity) Allicin Garlic Plant defense against herbivory Pterostilbene Salvestrol Glazebrook, J; Ausubel, F M (1994)...
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beneficial for plant fitness. Defense trade-offs can be used to change plant phenotype based on environmental challenges (such as herbivory). Even in the...
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Coffea (redirect from Coffee (plant))
as a toxic substance that protects against insects and other pests, a form of natural plant defense against herbivory. Caffeine simultaneously attracts...
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Endophyte-mediated defense can also be effective against pathogens and non-herbivory damage. This differs from other forms of indirect defense in that the fungi...
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likely to contain defense structures. Because herbivores prefer nutritionally dense plants and avoid plants or plant parts with defense structures, a greater...
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Invasive species (redirect from Mechanisms of Plant Invasion)
resulted in dysfunctional ecosystems with respect to seed dispersal and herbivory. On the offshore islets of Mauritius, tortoises now extinct had served...
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Latex (section Defense function)
model for understanding mechanisms, ecology, and evolution of plant defense Against herbivory". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 40:...
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Anti-predator adaptation (redirect from Defense against predators)
predatorsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Plant defense against herbivory – Evolutionary mechanism Prey naiveté Zintzen, Vincent; Roberts...
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Plants are exposed to many stress factors such as disease, temperature changes, herbivory, injury and more. Therefore, in order to respond or be ready...
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Thorns, spines, and prickles (redirect from Thorn (plant material))
ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory. In common language, the terms are used more or less interchangeably...
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Monarch butterfly (section Larval host plants)
Environmental Gradients, and the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Defense against Herbivory". The American Naturalist. 193 (1): 20–34. doi:10.1086/700838...
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medicine, aromatherapy, and veterinary medicine. Plant defense against herbivory § Chemical defenses Allelopathy Ректоры Томского университета, page 111...
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Laticifer (category Plant anatomy)
thought to have a role in wound healing and as defense against herbivory, as well as pathogen defense, and are often used for taxonomy. Laticifers were...
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on plants for food, and have coevolved mechanisms to obtain this food despite the evolution of a diverse arsenal of plant defenses against herbivory. Herbivore...
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relationship Induced systemic resistance Plant defense against herbivory Plant pathology Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense Systemic acquired resistance Dangl...
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Innate immune system (redirect from Plant innate immunity)
infection or make the plant less attractive to insects and other herbivores. (see: plant defense against herbivory). Like invertebrates, plants neither generate...
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Toxalbumin (category Plant proteins)
Carbohydrate-binding protein Phytotoxin – Class of toxins found in plants Plant defense against herbivory – Evolutionary mechanism Ribosome-inactivating protein –...
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Terpene (category Plant communication)
role in plant defense against herbivory, disease resistance, attraction of mutualists such as pollinators, as well as potentially plant-plant communication...
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Domestication (redirect from Semi-domestic plant)
determinate growth reduced or no vernalization less seed dormancy. Plant defenses against herbivory, such as thorns, spines, and prickles, poison, protective coverings...
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Volatile organic compound (redirect from Plant volatile)
which often help organisms in defense, such as plant defense against herbivory. The strong odor emitted by many plants consists of green leaf volatiles...
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Druse (botany) (category Plant physiology)
oxalate, silicates, or carbonates present in plants, and are thought to be a defense against herbivory due to their toxicity. Calcium oxalate (Ca(COO)2...
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