Chemical and Mechanical Defenses Vary among Maternal Lines and Leaf Ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and Reduce Palatability to a Generalist Insect

Christina Alba; M. Deane Bowers; Dana Blumenthal; Ruth A. Hufbauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104889

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Chemical and Mechanical Defenses Vary among Maternal Lines and Leaf Ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and Reduce Palatability to a Generalist Insect

Christina Alba ,

* E-mail: christina.alba@ibot.cas.cz

Current address: Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic

Affiliation Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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M. Deane Bowers,

Affiliation University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Dana Blumenthal,

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Ruth A. Hufbauer

Affiliation Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Chemical and Mechanical Defenses Vary among Maternal Lines and Leaf Ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and Reduce Palatability to a Generalist Insect

Christina Alba,
M. Deane Bowers,
Dana Blumenthal,
Ruth A. Hufbauer

Published: August 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104889

About the Authors

Christina Alba

* E-mail: christina.alba@ibot.cas.cz

Current address: Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic

Affiliation Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

M. Deane Bowers

Affiliation University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Dana Blumenthal

Affiliation USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ruth A. Hufbauer

Affiliation Graduate Degree Program in Ecology and Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA MDB DB RH. Performed the experiments: CA. Analyzed the data: CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA MDB DB RH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CA MDB DB RH.

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