Anti-herbivore defense

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Although the role of the terpenes in the plants that produce them is still a matter of debate, evidence of an anti-herbivore function for many of them is accumulating. Modern DNA technology, gene splicing, and cloning techniques will undoubtedly make it possible to incorporate suitable defensive allelochemlcals into selected crop plants in order to minimise crop devastation by insect herbivores. However, it is necessary to understand the fund-... 

Fagerstrom, T., Anti-herbivore chemical defense in plants a note on the concept of cost, Am. Nat., 133, 281, 1989. 

Lev-Yadun, S. (2006). Defensive coloration in plants a review of current ideas about anti-herbivore coloration strategies. In Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology Advances and Topical Issues. Volume IV(ed. J.A. Teixeira da Silva), pp. 292-299. Global Science Books, London. 

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