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Anti-adhesive effects of plant wax coverage on insect attachment.
Gorb, Elena and Gorb, Stanislav (2017) Anti-adhesive effects of plant wax coverage on insect attachment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68 (19). pp. 5323-5337. DOI 10.1093/jxb/erx271.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The long period of reciprocal antagonistic coevolution between some insect and plant species has led to the development of plant surface attributes that reduce insect attachment. These features serve as a defence against herbivores, sap-sucking insects and nectar robbers, contribute to a temporary capture of insect pollinators, and prevent the escape of insects from traps of carnivorous plants. This review summarises the literature on attachment-mediated insect–plant interactions. A short introduction to attachment systems of insects is presented and the effect of three-dimensional epicuticular waxes on insect attachment is illustrated by many examples. Special attention is given to the mechanisms of the anti-attachment properties of plant wax structures (the roughness hypothesis, the contamination hypothesis, the fluid-adsorption hypothesis, and the wax-dissolving hypothesis) and their ecological implications.
Document Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Adhesive pad, epicuticular wax, mechanism, reduction, three-dimensional coverage, wax crystals |
Research affiliation: | Kiel University > Kiel Marine Science OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence Kiel University |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Access Journal?: | No |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Projects: | Future Ocean |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2017 10:11 |
Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2019 09:11 |
URI: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/40701 |
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