'Real time' genetic manipulation: A new tool for ecological field studies

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 506-518

  Schäfer, Martin ^a   Brütting, Christoph ^a   Gase, Klaus ^a   Reichelt, Michael ^a   Baldwin, Ian ^a   Meldau, Stefan ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cytokinin; dexamethasone; fieldwork; herbivory; LhGR; Manduca sexta; Nicotiana attenuata; pds; pOp6; technical advance; Tupiocoris notatus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; DEXAMETHASONES; FIELDWORK; HERBIVORY; LHGR; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; PDS; POP6; TECHNICAL ADVANCES; TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOBLEACHING; TOOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS;

CYTOKININ; DEXAMETHASONE; POLYDIOXANONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FIELD WORK; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HERBIVORY; LHGR; MANDUCA SEXTA; METHODOLOGY; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; POP6; RNA INTERFERENCE; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS;

CYTOKININ; DEXAMETHASONE; FIELDWORK; HERBIVORY; LHGR; MANDUCA SEXTA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; PDS; POP6; TECHNICAL ADVANCE; TUPIOCORIS NOTATUS;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HERBIVORY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84885627674     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12301     Document Type: Article

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