Indole is an essential herbivore-induced volatile priming signal in maize

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Erb, Matthias ^a   Veyrat, Nathalie ^b   Robert, Christelle A M ^a   Xu, Hao ^b   Frey, Monika ^c   Ton, Jurriaan ^d   Turlings, Ted C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; STRESS HORMONE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ABSCISIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TERPENE;

ABSCISIC ACID; LEAF; MAIZE; MUTATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MAIZE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ZEA MAYS;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANIMALS; CYCLOPENTANES; HERBIVORY; INDOLES; MUTATION; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; TERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84923366786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7273     Document Type: Article

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