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Induced chemical defence in Cynoglossum officinale

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 49))

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The Cynoglossum officinale L. - Ethmia bipunctella F. relationship was chosen as a model to study induced chemical defence in plants. C. officinale (Boraginaceae), a biennial plant species, is commonly found in the sand dunes in Western Europe. Plants contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PM), known to be a deterrent for generalist herbivores. Larvae of Ethmia bipunctella (Ethmiidae; Lepidoptera) are oligophagous and live on several species of Boraginaceae in the dunes. Ethmia caterpillars cause small holes, well dispersed over the leaves of C. officinale plants.

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  1. Dept of Population Biology, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Nicole M. van Dam & Sheila K. Bhairo-Marhé

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  1. Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    S. B. J. Menken

  2. Research Institute for Plant Protection IPO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. H. Visser (Secretary) & P. Harrewijn (Secretary) & 

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van Dam, N.M., Bhairo-Marhé, S.K. (1992). Induced chemical defence in Cynoglossum officinale . In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_24

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