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Oral Secretions Affect HIPVs Induced by Generalist (Mythimna loreyi) and Specialist (Parnara guttata) Herbivores in Rice (2017)
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(2017). Oral Secretions Affect HIPVs Induced by Generalist (Mythimna loreyi) and Specialist (Parnara guttata) Herbivores in Rice. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 929 - 943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-017-0882-4

Plants synthesize variable mixtures of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) as part of their evolutionary conserved defense. To elucidate the impact of chewing herbivores with different level of adaptation on HIPV profiles in rice, we measured H... Read More about Oral Secretions Affect HIPVs Induced by Generalist (Mythimna loreyi) and Specialist (Parnara guttata) Herbivores in Rice.

Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b protein alter emission of host volatile organic compounds but not aphid vector settling in tobacco. (2017)
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Tungadi, T., Groen, S., Murphy, A., Pate, A., Iqbal, J., Bruce, T., …Carr, J. (2017). Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b protein alter emission of host volatile organic compounds but not aphid vector settling in tobacco. Virology Journal, 14, Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0754-0

BACKGROUND: Aphids, including the generalist herbivore Myzus persicae, transmit cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). CMV (strain Fny) infection affects M. persicae feeding behavior and performance on tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), Arabidopsis thaliana and cucu... Read More about Cucumber mosaic virus and its 2b protein alter emission of host volatile organic compounds but not aphid vector settling in tobacco..

Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent. (2017)
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(2017). Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent. Ecology, 1473 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1785

Tree masting is one of the most intensively studied ecological processes. It affects nutrient fluxes of trees, regeneration dynamics in forests, animal population densities, and ultimately influences ecosystem services. Despite a large volume of rese... Read More about Two centuries of masting data for European beech and Norway spruce across the European continent..

A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene. (2017)
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Tamiru, A., Bruce, T., Richter, A., Midega, C., Degenhardt, J., Kelemu, S., …Pickett, J. (2017). A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene. Ecology and Evolution, 2835 - 2845. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2893

Maize (Zea mays) emits volatile terpenes in response to insect feeding and egg deposition to defend itself against harmful pests. However, maize cultivars differ strongly in their ability to produce the defense signal. To further understand the agroe... Read More about A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene..

Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica) (2017)
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Hacket-Pain, A. J., Lageard, J. G. A., & Thomas, P. A. (2017). Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica). Tree Physiology, 37(6), 744-754. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpx025

Interannual variation in radial growth is influenced by a range of physiological processes, including variation in annual reproductive effort, although the importance of reproductive allocation has rarely been quantified. In this study, we use long s... Read More about Drought and reproductive effort interact to control growth of a temperate broadleaved tree species (Fagus sylvatica).