Modification of esterified cell wall phenolics increases vulnerability of tall fescue to herbivory by the fall armyworm

Planta

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-523

  de Buanafina, Marcia M de O ^a   Fescemyer, Howard W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan cross link; Cell wall; Ferulates; Resistance; Spodoptera frugiperda; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; COUMARIC ACID; FERULOYL ESTERASE; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; XYLAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FESCUE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SPODOPTERA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CELL WALL; COUMARIC ACIDS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FESTUCA; HERBIVORY; LARVA; LIGNIN; PHENOLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SPODOPTERA; XYLANS;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 84864358963     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-012-1625-y     Document Type: Article

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