Boosting tomato's
SOS gets pests killed
Boosting a plant's natural SOS
signals pays off by luring in extra helpers that trash attacking caterpillars.
References:
Thaler, J.S. 1999. Jasmonate-inducible plant defences cause increased
parasitism of herbivores. Nature 399(June 17):686.
Further Readings:
Adler, T. 1996. How temperature, plant defenses alter bugs. Science
News 149(June 22):389.
De Moraes, C.M., et al. 1998. Herbivore-infested plants selectively
attract parasitoids. Nature 393:570.
Karban, R., and I.T. Baldwin. 1997. Induced response to herbivory.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Milius, S. 1998. Aspirin works on plants, too. Science News
154(Aug. 15):107.
Sources:
W. Joe Lewis
United States Department of Agriculture
Insect Biology and Population Management Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 748
Tifton, GA 731793-0748
Jennifer S. Thaler
University of California, Davis
Department of Entomology
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8584
James H. Tumlinson
United States Department of Agriculture
Center for Medical and Agricultural Entomology
P.O. Box 14565
Gainesville, FL 32604
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 25, June 19, 1999, p. 391.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
