Browsing Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology) by UP Author "Marlin, Danica"

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Insights into the pollination requirements of the only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana (Solanaceae) from the Namib Desert

Marlin, Danica; Nicolson, Sue W.; Sampson, J.D.S.; Kruger, Kerstin (Elsevier, 2016-02)

Nicotiana species (Solanaceae) are widely distributed, mainly in the Americas and Australia. Nicotiana africana is the only species indigenous to Africa; its populations are confined to isolated mountains in the Namib ...
The only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana : alkaloid content and the effect of herbivory

Marlin, Danica; Nicolson, Sue W.; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ahmed; Stevenson, Philip C.; Heyman, Heino Martin; Kruger, Kerstin; Doucet, Daniel (Public Library of Science, 2014-07-15)

Herbivory in some Nicotiana species is known to induce alkaloid production. This study examined herbivore-induced defenses in the nornicotine-rich African tobacco N. africana, the only Nicotiana species indigenous to ...
Physiological mechanisms of dehydration tolerance contribute to the invasion potential of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera : Tephritidae) relative to its less widely distributed congeners

Weldon, Christopher William; Boardman, Leigh; Marlin, Danica; Terblanche, John S. (BioMed Central, 2016-03-31)

BACKGROUND : The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a highly invasive species now with an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Two other damaging, polyphagous and closely-rela ...

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