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Free keywords:
plant-herbivore interactions; transformation; direct and
indirect defenses; secondary metabolites
Manduca-sexta lepidoptera; transgenic tobacco plants; host
nicotiana-attenuata; cysteine proteinase-inhibitor;
phytoalexin-deficient mutants; arabidopsis-thaliana; trypsin-
inhibitor; jasmonic acid; insect herbivory; alkaloidal
responses
Abstract:
Plants do not endure herbivore attack passively but respond with a coordinated array of defensive strategies. Many toxic compounds and proteins elicited by herbivore attack are thought to increase the plant's resistance to future attack and thereby func
