Silicon: Potential to promote direct and indirect effects on plant defense against arthropod pests in agriculture

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue June2016, 2016, Pages

  Reynolds, Olivia L ^a,b   Padula, Matthew P ^c   Zeng, Rensen ^a   Gurr, Geoff M ^a,d  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effector proteins; Herbivore; HIPV; Insect plant interactions; Omics; Resistance mechanisms; Systems biology; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973922906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00744     Document Type: Review

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