Characterisation and localisation of plant metabolites involved in pharmacophagy in the turnip sawfly.

Several herbivorous insects consume certain metabolites from plants for other purposes than nutrition, such as defence. Adults of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae take up specific terpenoids, called clerodanoids, from Ajuga reptans. These metabolites are slightly modified by the sawflies and influen...

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Main Authors: Leon Brueggemann, Lisa Johanna Tewes, Caroline Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291180&type=printable