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Oecologia

Title:		Plant-herbivore interactions: Insect induced changes in host plant sex expression and fecundity
Author(s):		Hendrix SD; Trapp EJ;
Address:		"Department of Botany, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"
Journal Title:		Oecologia
Year:		1981
Volume:		49
Issue:		1
Page Number:		119 - 122
DOI:		10.1007/BF00376908
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-1939 (Electronic) 0029-8549 (Linking)
Abstract:		"We investigated changes in the reproduction of Pastinaea sativa which result in compensatory reproduction when herbivore feeding destroys the first infloresence produced. Late developing infloresences of damaged plants produce more flowers and a greater proportion of hermaphroditic flowers than late developing infloresences of control plants. In damaged plants the proportion of hermaphroditic flowers producing seeds in late developing infloresences also increases. These effects are due to the mechanical damage resulting from larval feeding. The herbivore acts as a mediator in a number of important plant processes affecting fecundity, including expression of sex"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEHendrix, Stephen D Trapp, E Joseph eng Germany 1981/05/01 Oecologia. 1981 May; 49(1):119-122. doi: 10.1007/BF00376908"