Is Allelopathic Activity of Ipomoea murucoides Induced by Xylophage Damage?

Herbivory activates the synthesis of allelochemicals that can mediate plant-plant interactions. There is an inverse relationship between the activity of xylophages and the abundance of epiphytes on Ipomoea murucoides. Xylophagy may modify the branch chemical constitution, which also affects the libe...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Flores-Palacios, Angélica María Corona-López, María Yolanda Rios, Berenice Aguilar-Guadarrama, Víctor Hugo Toledo-Hernández, Verónica Rodríguez-López, Susana Valencia-Díaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4666618?pdf=render