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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid composition influences cinnabar moth oviposition preferences in Jacobaea hybrids.
Journal of chemical ecology - 1 Mar 2013
Cheng Dandan, van der Meijden Eddy, Mulder Patrick P J, Vrieling Klaas, Klinkhamer Peter G L
Abstract excerpt
Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites (PSMs) that may be selective against herbivores. Yet, specialist herbivores may use PSMs as cues for host recognition, oviposition, and feeding stimulation, or for their own defense against parasites and predators. This summarizes a dual role of PSMs: deter generalists but attract specialists. It is not clear yet whether specialist herbivores are a selective force...
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