The role of chemical ecology in plant-natural enemies relationships
Subject Areas : Plant Pests
Neda
Kheradpir
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(Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Islamic Azad University, Varamin, Iran)
Keywords: Natural enemies, plants, Chemical ecology,
Abstract :
Allelochemicals are the main manager of interspecific relations which can convey different types of relations and behaviors of different organisms according to the chemical compound and its concentration, sender and receptor species. It is committed in plant world and plant apply infochemicals with different tasks to level up their fitness and employ natural enemies belong to Arthropoda for higher survivorship. In this paper, a review of previous researches on plant-natural enemies chemical ecology is presented.
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