An efficient system composed of maize protoplast transfection and HPLC–MS for studying the biosynthesis and regulation of maize benzoxazinoids

Abstract Background Insect herbivory poses a major threat to maize. Benzoxazinoids are important anti-insect secondary metabolites in maize, whose biosynthetic pathway has been extensively studied. However, yet little is known about how benzoxazinoids are regulated in maize, partly due to lack of mu...

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Main Authors: Lei Gao, Guojing Shen, Lingdan Zhang, Jinfeng Qi, Cuiping Zhang, Canrong Ma, Jing Li, Lei Wang, Saif Ul Malook, Jianqiang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-019-0529-2