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Biologist (London)

Title:		Sending out an SOS: semiochemicals in plant defense
Author(s):		Goode JA;
Address:		"Novartis Foundation, London"
Journal Title:		Biologist (London)
Year:		2000
Volume:		47
Issue:		5
Page Number:		247 - 250
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0006-3347 (Print) 0006-3347 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Among the sophisticated means that plants use to defend themselves from the constant threat of insect attack, perhaps the most intriguing is the herbivore-induced release of volatile compounds. These compounds act as SOS signals, recruiting the insect's natural enemies to defend the plant"
Keywords:		Animals Aphids/parasitology/physiology Insecta/*physiology Mites/parasitology/physiology Pheromones/*metabolism Plants/*metabolism/parasitology Spodoptera/parasitology/physiology Wasps/physiology;
Notes:		"MedlineGoode, J A eng Review England 2001/01/12 Biologist (London). 2000 Nov; 47(5):247-50"