Trulove, Susan2015-10-292015-10-292010-11-23http://hdl.handle.net/10919/63820<p>Many plants, including crops, release volatiles in response to insect attack. The chemical compounds can be a defense or can be an aromatic call for help to attract enemies of the attacking insect. Researchers from Virginia Tech, Michigan State University, and Georg-August-University Göttingen have discovered how plants produce the defensive compounds.</p>text/htmlIn CopyrightResearchBiochemistry of how plants resist insect attack determinedPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations