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Investigation of elemental defense and trophic transfer of metals using beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, Hübner 

Cheruiyot, Dorothy (2012-08-06)
Elemental defense is a phenomenon in which high concentrations of a metal in plant tissues can defend a plant from herbivores. Elemental defense is one of the hypotheses proposed to explain the evolution of metal ...