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Natural variation in wild tomato trichomes; selecting metabolites that contribute to insect resistance using a random forest approach.
BMC plant biology - 2 Jul 2021
Kortbeek Ruy W J, Galland Marc D, Muras Aleksandra, van der Kloet Frans M, André Bart, Heilijgers Maurice, van Hijum Sacha A F T, Haring Michel A, Schuurink Robert C, Bleeker Petra M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plant-produced specialised metabolites are a powerful part of a plant's first line of defence against herbivorous insects, bacteria and fungi. Wild ancestors of present-day cultivated tomato produce a plethora of acylsugars in their type-I/IV trichomes and volatiles in their type-VI trichomes that have a potential role in plant resistance against insects. However, metabolic profiles are often complex...
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