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Aphid avoidance of plants contaminated with alarm pheromone (E)-β-farnesene

✍ Scribed by P. Wohlers

Book ID
115152377
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
489 KB
Volume
92
Category
Article
ISSN
0931-2048

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## Background The sesquiterpene, (__E__)-β-farnesene (EBF), is the principal component of the alarm pheromone of many aphid species. Released when aphids are attacked by enemies, EBF leads aphids to undertake predator avoidance behaviors and to produce more winged offspring that can leave the plant