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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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OsSTK‐Mediated Sakuranetin Biosynthesis and Carbon Flux Orchestrate Growth and Defence in Rice
Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 455-471, February 2026.ABSTRACT Plants balance resource energy allocation between growth and immunity to ensure survival and reproduction under limited availability. This study reveals that rice cultivars with elevated sucrose levels boost resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by accumulating the phytoalexin sakuranetin, regulated by the transcription factor ...
Jitao Hu +14 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2010 Background Some plants distinguish mechanical wounding from herbivore attack by recognizing specific constituents of larval oral secretions (OS) which are introduced into plant wounds during feeding.
VanDoorn Arjen +4 more
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Modulation of Free Amino Acid Metabolism in Carrots Under Postharvest Wounding and Water Stress
Journal of Food Biochemistry, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Amino acids play a fundamental role in plant metabolism, acting as building blocks for proteins and participating in stress responses as osmolytes and signaling molecules. Carrots (Daucus carota) are widely consumed root vegetables rich in bioactive compounds, including amino acids, which contribute to their nutritional value.
Sara M. Garza-Aguilar +5 more
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Distribution of Interstitial Cells and Differentiating Nematocytes in Nests in Hydra attenuata [PDF]
, 1974 We have used tissue maceration to quantitate interstitial cell nests in Hydra attenuata and thiolacetic acid-lead nitrate staining to quantitate differentiating nematocytes. Most I-cell nests have 2, 4, 8, or 16 cells.
Challoner, Diane +3 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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Indirect plant defense may provide economically important pest suppression in sorghum
Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 11, Page 7478-7488, November 2025.Laboratory measures of sorghum direct and indirect plant resistance traits aligned with natural enemy recruitment and pest suppression in the field. Abstract BACKGROUND A promising strategy to optimize biological control of insect pests is selecting crop varieties with indirect defense traits.
Emily M. Russavage +6 more
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BMC Ecology, 2004 Background The commonly invoked cost-benefit paradigm, central to most of functional biology, explains why one phenotype cannot be optimally fit in all environments; yet it is rarely tested.
Baldwin Ian T, Zavala Jorge A
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Plant Direct, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2025.ABSTRACT Powdery mildew (PM), mainly caused by Podosphaera xanthii, is a severe destructive disease that threatens the production of cucurbit crops globally. Heterologous transformation has shown that the CmSGT1 gene (suppressor of the G2 allele of skp1) improved PM resistance in tobacco.
Wei‐Li Guo +5 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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