Aphid-repellent pheromone E-β-farnesene is generated in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana over-expressing farnesyl diphosphate synthase2

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 581-591

  Bhatia, Varnika ^a   Maisnam, Jaya ^b   Jain, Ajay ^a   Sharma, Krishan Kumar ^b   Bhattacharya, Ramcharan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Aphid resistance; Arabidopsis thaliana; E farnesene; Farnesyl diphosphate synthase2; Plant defence; Plant insect interactions; Sesquiterpenes; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPLAST; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHEROMONE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EXTRACT; REPELLENT; TERPENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APHIDIDAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HEXAPODA; MYZUS PERSICAE;

BETA-FARNESENE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; PHEROMONE; SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSOL; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; PHEROMONES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84936188210     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu250     Document Type: Article

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