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

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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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