Information AboutAllomone |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ALLOMONE | |
| ecology | |
| phytochemicals | |
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EXAMPLES
Disrupt growth and development and reduce longevity of adults eg. toxins or digestibility reducing factors.
Disrupt normal host selection behaviour eg. Repellents, supressants, locomotory excitants. RESPONSES Many insects have developed ways to defend against these plant defenses (in an Evolutionary Arms Race ). One method of adapting to allomones is to develop a positive reaction to them; the allomone becomes a Kairomone . Others alter the allomones to form Pheromones or other Hormones , and yet others adopt them into their own defensive strategies, for example by regurgitating them when attacked by a Insectivorous insect. |
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