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Induced defence
Insect-produced elicitors
Volatiles.
Manduca-sexta lepidoptera
Host nicotiana-attenuata
Proteinase-inhibitor production
Large-scale changes
Molecular-interactions
Messenger-rnas
Alkaloidal responses
Microarray analysis
Tobacco hornworm
Induced defenses.
Environment/Ecology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural,
Biology & Environmental Sciences. Molecular Biology & Genetics in
Current Contents(R)/Life Sciences.
Abstract:
Lepidopteran larvae oral secretions and regurgitant (R), which contain a plethora of potential elicitors, are known to dramatically change a plant's wound response. We demonstrate, with a detailed microarray and secondary metabolite analysis, that the t