Evaluating ascorbate oxidase as a plant defense against leaf-chewing insects using transgenic poplar

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1331-1340

  Barbehenn, Raymond V ^a   Jaros, Adam ^a   Yip, Lynn ^b   Tran, Lan ^b   Kanellis, Angelos K ^c   Constabel, C Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Ascorbic acid; Gypsy moth; Herbivore; Insect performance; Lepidoptera; Lymantria dispar; Lymantriidae; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Orthoptera; Oxidative stress; Salicaceae

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE OXIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT; CATERPILLAR; ENZYME; GENOTYPE; GRASSHOPPER; HERBIVORE; NUTRIENT; PLANT DEFENSE; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPEN; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ASCORBATE OXIDASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INSECTS; LARVA; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS;

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS TREMULA; SALICACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 53649089416     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9539-7     Document Type: Article

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