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From: The differential response of cold-experienced Arabidopsis thaliana to larval herbivory benefits an insect generalist, but not a specialist

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Experimental setup. Seven-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 plants were subjected to either cold stress as primary (P) stimulus (4 °C, 5 days) or control (C) conditions (20 °C, 6 days). Plants treated with the primary stimulus were then retransferred to control conditions for 1 day (deacclimation phase). Subsequently plants were treated with a further triggering stimulus (T), i.e. with either larval feeding or artificial wounding. Plants which received both the P and T stimulus are here referred to as P + T plants. Plants, which were not exposed to cold and received only the T stimulus, are labelled as T plants. With respect to the T stimulus, we differentiate between TP (feeding damage by Pieris brassicae), TM (feeding damage by Mamestra brassicae), and TW (artificial wounding). Untreated control plants (C1, C2) remained at control conditions at 20 °C throughout the entire experiment

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