Elm defence against herbivores and pathogens: morphological, chemical and molecular regulation aspects

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 961-983

  Büchel, Kerstin ^a,b   Fenning, Trevor ^b,c   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Hilker, Monika ^a   Meiners, Torsten ^a,d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical response; Dutch elm disease; Elm leaf beetle; Gene regulation; Induced resistance; Morphological defence; Terpenoids; Ulmus minor

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BETA AMYRIN; BETA PINENE; CADALENE DERIVATIVE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; COUMARIN; DELTA CADINENE; FLAVONOID; FRIEDELIN; KAEMPFEROL; LIGNAN; LIGNIN; MANSONONE DERIVATIVE; MYRICETIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUERCETIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RUTOSIDE; SCOPOLETIN; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BARK; BIOTIC STRESS; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; DUTCH ELM DISEASE; ELM; GENE CONTROL; HERBIVORE; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULMUS AMERICANA; ULMUS CAMPESTRIS; ULMUS DAVIDIANA; ULMUS GLABRA; ULMUS HOLLANDICA; ULMUS LAEVIS; ULMUS MINOR; ULMUS PUMILA; ULMUS THOMASII;

EID: 84945208470     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-015-9442-0     Document Type: Review

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