Plants Can Benefit from Herbivory: Stimulatory Effects of Sheep Saliva on Growth of Leymus chinensis

Jushan Liu; Ling Wang; Deli Wang; Stephen P. Bonser; Fang Sun; Yifa Zhou; Ying Gao; Xing Teng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029259

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Plants Can Benefit from Herbivory: Stimulatory Effects of Sheep Saliva on Growth of Leymus chinensis

Jushan Liu,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Ling Wang ,

* E-mail: wangl890@nenu.edu.cn (LW); wangd@nenu.edu.cn (DLW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Deli Wang ,

* E-mail: wangl890@nenu.edu.cn (LW); wangd@nenu.edu.cn (DLW)

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Stephen P. Bonser,

Affiliation Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Fang Sun,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Yifa Zhou,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Ying Gao,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Xing Teng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Peoples Republic of China
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Plants Can Benefit from Herbivory: Stimulatory Effects of Sheep Saliva on Growth of Leymus chinensis

Jushan Liu,
Ling Wang,
Deli Wang,
Stephen P. Bonser,
Fang Sun,
Yifa Zhou,
Ying Gao,
Xing Teng

Published: January 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029259

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