Host plant frequency and secondary metabolites are concurrently associated with insect herbivory in a dominant riparian tree

Diel Patterns of Insect Herbivory and Plant Secondary Metabolites in Understory Shrubs on Barro Colorado Island by Luke N. Zehr

Plant secondary metabolites: a review

Plants are important source for the discovery of new products of medicinal value for drug development and plants secondary metabolites are unique sources for pharmaceuticals food additives, flavors and others industrial values. Commercial importance of these secondary metabolites has resulted in a great interest in its production and in exploring possibilities of enhancing its production by mea...

Host Effects On Herbivory and Pollination in a Hemiparasitic Plant

The indirect effects of hosts on interactions between parasites and other species are not well understood, and it may be difficult to predict the outcome of host species effects on parasite performance due to the complexity of potential direct and indirect effects. For example, parasitic plants obtain defensive compounds as well as nutrients from their hosts, and thus many attributes of parasit...

Insect herbivory and plant adaptation in an early successional community.

To address the role of insect herbivores in adaptation of plant populations and the persistence of selection through succession, we manipulated herbivory in a long-term field experiment. We suppressed insects in half of 16 plots over nine years and examined the genotypic structure and chemical defense of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), a naturally colonizing perennial apomictic plant. ...

The role of plant secondary metabolites in mammalian herbivory: ecological perspectives.

Plant secondary metabolites (PSM) have many ecological functions, but have long been considered as defences against pathogens or herbivores (vertebrate or invertebrate), reducing the likelihood and extent of attack. However, mammalian herbivores ingest many foods containing PSM and use both behavioural methods and physiological strategies to limit their negative effects. Most physiological coun...