An elicitor of plant volatiles from beet armyworm oral secretion

The compound N-(17- hydroxylinolenoyl)-L-glutamine (named here volicitin) was isolated from oral secretions of beet armyworm caterpillars. When applied to damaged leaves of corn seedlings, volicitin induces the seedlings to emit volatile compounds that attract parasitic wasps, natural enemies of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1997-05, Vol.276 (5314), p.945-949
Hauptverfasser: Alborn, H.T. (Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA, ARS, Gainesville, FL.), Turlings, T.C.J, Jones, T.H, Stenhagen, G, Loughrin, J.H, Tumilson, J.H
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