Plants on Constant Alert: Elevated Levels of Jasmonic Acid and Jasmonate-Induced Transcripts in Caterpillar-Resistant Maize

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Shivaji, Renuka ^a   Camas, Alberto ^a,e   Ankala, Arunkanth ^a   Engelberth, Jurgen ^b   Tumlinson, James H ^c   Williams, W Paul ^d   Wilkinson, Jeff R ^a   Luthe, Dawn Sywassink ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Defense gene expression; Fall armyworm; Herbivory; Induced defenses; Jasmonic acid; Maize; Monocot; Plant herbivore interactions; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

12 OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE; 12 OXOPHYTODIENOIC ACID; 12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE; 12-OXOPHYTODIENOIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JASMONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYLIPIN; PLANT RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CATERPILLAR; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; HORMONE; INDUCED RESPONSE; MAIZE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CYCLOPENTANES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEPIDOPTERA; NADPH OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEA MAYS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950457586     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9752-z     Document Type: Article

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