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The broad-leaf herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid turns rice into a living trap for a major insect pest and a parasitic wasp

  1. Zhaojun Xin1,
  2. Zhaonan Yu1,
  3. Matthias Erb2,
  4. Ted C. J. Turlings3,
  5. Baohui Wang1,
  6. Jinfeng Qi1,
  7. Shengning Liu1,
  8. Yonggen Lou1

Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04057.x

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New Phytologist

Volume 194, Issue 2, pages 498–510, April 2012

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Xin, Z., Yu, Z., Erb, M., Turlings, T. C. J., Wang, B., Qi, J., Liu, S. and Lou, Y. (2012), The broad-leaf herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid turns rice into a living trap for a major insect pest and a parasitic wasp. New Phytologist, 194: 498–510. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04057.x

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  1. 1

    National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China

  2. 2

    Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Str. 8, 07745, Jena, Germany

  3. 3

    Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Research in Chemical Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CP158, CH-2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

*Author for correspondence: Yonggen Lou Tel: +86 571 86971622 Email: yglou@zju.edu.cn

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  1. Issue published online: 19 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 7 FEB 2012
  3. Received: 6 October 2011, Accepted: 22 December 2011

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