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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Schuman MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3466783 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20121015
From an herbivore's first bite, plants release herbivory-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) which can attract enemies of herbivores. However, other animals and competing plants can intercept HIPVs for their own use, and it remains unclear whether HIPVs serve as an indirect defense by increasing fitness for the emitting plant. In a 2-year field study, HIPV-emitting N. attenuata plants produced twice as many buds and flowers as HIPV-silenced plants, but only when native Geocoris spp. predators reduce ...[more]