Leaf trichomes affect caterpillar feeding in an instar-specific manner
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Changes in leaf trichomes and epicuticular flavonoids during leaf development in three birch taxa.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Changes in number of trichomes and in composition and concentrations of their exudates throughout leaf development may have important consequences for plant adaptation to abiotic and biotic factors. In the present study, seasonal changes in leaf trichomes and epicuticular flavonoid aglycones in three Finnish birch taxa (Betula pendula, B. pubescens ssp. pubescens, and B. pub...
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عنوان ژورنال: Communicative & Integrative Biology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1942-0889
DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2018.1486653