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Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature
Abstract
Herbivore attack is known to increase the emission of volatiles, which attract predators to herbivore-damaged plants in the laboratory and agricultural systems. We quantified volatile emissions from Nicotiana attenuata plants growing in natural populations during attack by three species of leaf-feeding herbivores and mimicked the release of five commonly emitted volatiles individually. Three compounds ( cis-3 -hexen-1-ol, linalool, and cis -α-bergamotene) increased egg predation rates by a generalist predator; linalool and the complete blend decreased lepidopteran oviposition rates. As a consequence, a plant could reduce the number of herbivores by more than 90% by releasing volatiles. These results confirm that indirect defenses can operate in nature.
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- Authors
- Kessler, A., & Baldwin, I. T.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2001-03-16
- Volume
- 291
- Issue
- 5511
- Pages
- 2141-2144
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2071087800
- Cited by
- 2,182
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 107.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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