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Overexpression of IRM1 enhances resistance to aphids in Arabidopsis thaliana.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Chen Xi, Zhang Zhao, Visser Richard G F, Broekgaarden Colette, Vosman Ben
Abstract excerpt
Aphids are insects that cause direct damage to crops by the removal of phloem sap, but more importantly they spread devastating viruses. Aphids use their sophisticated mouthpart (i.e. stylet) to feed from the phloem sieve elements of the host plant. To identify genes that affect host plant resistance to aphids, we previously screened an Arabidopsis thaliana activation tag mutant collection. In such mutants,...
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