An elm EST database for identifying leaf beetle egg-induced defense genes

BACKGROUND:Plants can defend themselves against herbivorous insects prior to the onset of larval feeding by responding to the eggs laid on their leaves. In the European field elm (Ulmus minor), egg laying by the elm leaf beetle ( Xanthogaleruca luteola) activates the emission of volatiles that attra...

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Main Authors: Buchel, Kerstin, McDowell, Eric, Nelson, Will, Descour, Anne, Gershenzon, Jonathan, Hilker, Monika, Soderlund, Carol, Gang, David, Fenning, Trevor, Meiners, Torsten
Other Authors: Freie Universität Berlin, Applied Zoology / Animal Ecology, Berlin, Germany
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:Büchel et al. BMC Genomics 2012, 13:242 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/242
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610019
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610019