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Phenotypic plasticity
Induced defense
Nicotine
Costs and benefits
Post-fire germination.
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Jasmonic acid pools
Alkaloidal responses
Wild tobacco
Enzyme-activities
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Plant defense.
Environment/Ecology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology & Environmental Sciences.
Abstract:
Nicotine, an inducible defense in a number of Nicotiana species, exemplifies adaptive phenotypic plasticity. The mechanisms responsible for its production are reviewed, and the induced character states are characterized allometrically in order to unders