The Role of Monoterpenes in Resistance of Douglas Fir to Western Spruce Budworm Defoliation
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 28 (5), 897-920
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015297315104
Abstract
We conducted defoliation experiments with 7- to 8-year-old clones of Douglas fir [ Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco var. glauca] to assess the role of monoterpenes as a resistance mechanism to...Keywords
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