Constitutive emission of the aphid alarm
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Grit Kunert; Carolina Reinhold; Jonathan Gershenzon
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Article
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2010
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background The sesquiterpene, (__E__)-Ξ²-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