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Abstract
Traits developed in plants that help them avoid being used as host plants or food sources; or to tolerate and recover from HERBIVORY. Traits may be mechanical or chemical such as those that affect accessibility (thorns, thick husks, etc.), attractiveness to herbivore (odor, color, texture, etc.), digestibility (toxins, lignins, etc.), and movement in response to touch.
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- Anti-Herbivore Defense
- Anti-Herbivore Defenses
- Host-Plant Resistance
- Plant Resistance to Herbivory
- Anti Herbivore Defense
- Anti Herbivore Defenses
- Host Plant Resistance
- Resistance, Host-Plant
- Host-Plant Tolerance
- Plant Anti-Xenosis
- Plant Antibiosis
- Plant Antixenosis
- Anti-Xenosis, Plant
- Antibiosis, Plant
- Antixenosis, Plant
- Host Plant Tolerance
- Plant Anti Xenosis
- Tolerance, Host-Plant
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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2021
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Plant Defense Against Herbivory. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000082462. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000082462
- Plant Defense Against Herbivory. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_defense_against_herbivory
- Plant Defense Against Herbivory. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004252