Indirect routes to reproductive success.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 23066507.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.00240 and PMC identifier 3463247.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
- The licence permits redistribution, so the abstract is shown in full and the full text is available from the publisher.
Abstract
By comparing wild-type and transgenic tobacco plants in a natural ecosystem, researchers have confirmed that the indirect defence mechanisms employed by plants to fend off herbivorous insects can increase Darwinian fitness.
Medical subject headings
- Hemiptera
- Herbivory
- Plant Leaves
- Nicotiana
- Volatile Organic Compounds