Tryptamine-induced resistance in tryptophan decarboxylase transgenic poplar and tobacco plants against their specific herbivores

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 779-793

  Gill, Rishi I S ^a   Ellis, Brian E ^a   Isman, Murray B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defense; Forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma disstria Hub.; Manduca sexta L.; Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Xanthi; Populus tremula x P. alba; Tobacco hornworm; Tryptamine; Tryptophan decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TOBACCO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAF LITTER; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT TISSUE; PRECURSOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO HORN WORM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; TOBACCO; TRYPTAMINES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0037387697     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022983529555     Document Type: Article

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