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Airborne signalling
Ants
Indirect defence
Extrafloral nectar
Herbivore-induced plant volatiles
Herbivory (3z)-hex-3-enyl acetate
Lima bean
Mexico
Plant-plant communication
Lima-bean plants
Jasmonic-acid
Interplant communication
Macaranga-tanarius
Induced resistance
Nectar production
Methyl jasmonate
Cotton plants
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Environment/Ecology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology & Environmental Sciences
Abstract:
Many plant species respond to herbivory with increased emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs): these attract carnivorous arthropods and thereby function as an indirect defence mechanism. Whether neighbouring plants can 'eavesdrop' on such airborn