Tob. Sci., 1983, 27-22, p. 82-83, ISSN. 0082-4523
Leaf trichome exudate associated with insect resistance in Nicotiana tabacum L.
Tobacco Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, USA; Tobacco Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford, NC, USA; Coastal Plains Experiment Station, University of Georgia, Tilton, GA, USA
Young leaves from tobaccos, with varying amounts of observable trichome exudates, were washed with methylene chloride to remove the cuticular components. Gas chromatographic analyses of the leaf washes revealed that the major cuticular components...