Does lignin modification affect feeding preference or growth performance of insect herbivores in transgenic silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)?

Planta

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 699-708

  Tiimonen, Heidi ^a   Aronen, Tuija ^a   Laakso, Tapio ^a   Saranpää, Pekka ^a   Chiang, Vincent ^b   Ylioja, Tiina ^d   Roininen, Heikki ^a   Häggman, Hely ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula; Insect herbivores; Lignin modification; O methyltransferase; Syringyl guaiacyl ratio

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIRCH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BETULA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENES, PLANT; INSECTS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGNIN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

AETHALURA; AGELASTICA ALNI; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CLEORA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HELIANTHUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYLLOBIUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 27644563530     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0002-5     Document Type: Article

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