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Rapid defense responses in maize leaves induced by Spodoptera exigua caterpillar feeding.
Journal of experimental botany - 20 Jul 2017
Tzin Vered, Hojo Yuko, Strickler Susan R, Bartsch Lee J, Archer Cairo M, Ahern Kevin R, Zhou Shaoqun, Christensen Shawn A, Galis Ivan, Mueller Lukas A, Jander Georg
Abstract excerpt
Insects such as the beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) cause extensive damage to maize (Zea mays). Maize plants respond by triggering defense signaling, changes in gene expression, and biosynthesis of specialized metabolites. Leaves of maize inbred line B73, which has an available genome sequence, were infested with S. exigua for 1 to 24 h, followed by comparisons of the transcript and metabolite profiles with...
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