Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 From their chemical nature to their ecological interactions, coral reef ecosystems have a lot in common with highly productive terrestrial ecosystems.
Héctor Ocampo-Alvarez +10 more
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Optimized cDNA libraries for virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) using tobacco rattle virus [PDF]
, 2008 Background Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has emerged as a method for performing rapid loss-of-function experiments in plants. Despite its expanding use, the effect of host gene insert length and other properties on silencing efficiency have not ...
Enwu Liu, Jonathan E Page
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Silencing Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase inNicotiana attenuataDramatically Impairs Resistance to Tobacco Hornworm [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2007 AbstractIn bioassays with artificial diets, the 17-hydroxygeranyllinalool diterpenoid glycosides (HGL-DTGs) of Nicotiana attenuata function as antifeedants for the plant's adapted herbivore, tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta). To determine whether HGL-DTGs have a defensive function in planta, we suppressed HGL-DTG production by silencing the source of ...
Jassbi, A. +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1334-1342, September 2025.With increasing demand for sustainable goods, botanical dyes are of increasing interest and value to consumers, industry and small‐scale artisanal producers. Goldenrod is a widely used dye plant with a long history of traditional use. The impact of the well‐studied goldenrod stem gall produced by Eurosta solidaginis on goldenrod botanical dyes—and the ...
Alexe Indigo, Xiaohong Sun, Paul Manning
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Bioassays to Investigate the Effects of Insect Oviposition on a Plant’s Resistance to Herbivores
Bio-Protocol, 2016 Plants respond to herbivory with diverse defence responses (Schoonhoven et al., 2005). Many herbivorous insects deposit their eggs on their host plants before their larvae start to feed.
Michele Bandoly, Anke Steppuhn
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Silencing an N-acyltransferase-like involved in lignin biosynthesis in Nicotiana attenuata dramatically alters herbivory-induced phenolamide metabolism. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In a transcriptomic screen of Manduca sexta-induced N-acyltransferases in leaves of Nicotiana attenuata, we identified an N-acyltransferase gene sharing a high similarity with the tobacco lignin-biosynthetic hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:shikimate/quinate ...
Emmanuel Gaquerel +4 more
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 2012-2014, April 2026.
Ahui Tong +5 more
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Hawkmoths evaluate scenting flowers with the tip of their proboscis
eLife, 2016 Pollination by insects is essential to many ecosystems. Previously, we have shown that floral scent is important to mediate pollen transfer between plants (Kessler et al., 2015).
Alexander Haverkamp +8 more
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Oviposition by Spodoptera exigua on Solanum dulcamara Alters the Plant’s Response to Herbivory and Impairs Larval Performance [PDF]
, 2018 Plant resistance traits against insect herbivores are extremely plastic. Plants respond not only to the herbivory itself, but also to oviposition by herbivorous insects. How prior oviposition affects plant responses to larval herbivory is largely unknown.
Geuss, Daniel +4 more
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Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
eLife, 2018 High-through-put (HTP) screening for functional arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)-associations is challenging because roots must be excavated and colonization evaluated by transcript analysis or microscopy.
Ming Wang +16 more
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