Claim · model-written summary
Bunias orientalis did not produce more glucosinolates than Sinapis arvensis.
- Taxon
- Bunias orientalis
Bunias orientalist0 - Outcome
- secondary plant compounds (glucosinolates)e0
- Direction
- note0
- Comparator
- S. arvensise0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“Bu. orientalis produced higher levels of secondary plant compounds (glucosinolates) than B. nigra but not S. arvensis”
t0“Bunias orientalis”
t1“Bunias orientalis”
Title
Jeffrey A. Harvey; Arjen Biere; Taiadjana Fortuna; et al. Biological Invasions 2010. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9696-9
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Association Pieris rapae larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Pieris brassicae larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Spodoptera exigua larvae performed poorly on Bunias orientalis, with nearly all failing to pupate.
- Association Pierid butterflies preferred native crucifers for oviposition.
- Association Mamestra brassicae developed poorly on native crucifers.
- Association Mamestra brassicae thrived on Bunias orientalis.
- Observation Several herbivores performed poorly on a German Bunias orientalis population.
- Observation Spodoptera littoralis was an exception to poor herbivore performance on German Bunias orientalis.
- Observation Mamestra brassicae was an exception to poor herbivore performance on German Bunias orientalis.
- Association Bunias orientalis produced more glucosinolates than Brassica nigra.
- Mechanism Glucosinolates did not appear important for herbivore development.