Nicotiana attenuata MPK4 suppresses a novel jasmonic acid (JA) signaling-independent defense pathway against the specialist insect Manduca sexta, but is not required for the resistance to the generalist Spodoptera littoralis

New Phytologist

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 787-799

  Hettenhausen, Christian ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a   Wu, Jianqiang ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Defense; Generalist insect; Herbivore; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Nicotiana attenuata; Specialist insect

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; JASMONIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYLIPIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME; GENERALIST; GROWTH; INSECT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SIGNALING; SPECIALIST; TOBACCO; WOUNDING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEFENSE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENERALIST INSECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MANDUCA; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIALIST INSECT; SPODOPTERA; TOBACCO;

DEFENSE; GENERALIST INSECT; HERBIVORE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; SPECIALIST INSECT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; FATTY ACIDS; GENE SILENCING; HERBIVORY; MANDUCA; METABOLOMICS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYLIPINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPODOPTERA; TOBACCO;

HEXAPODA; LOBELIA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 84880316494     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12312     Document Type: Article

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