An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants. (2016)
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Mutyambai, D., Khan, Z., Midega, C., Pickett, J., Bruce, T., & van den Berg, J. (2016). An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants. PloS one, e0158744 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158744

Attack of plants by herbivorous arthropods may result in considerable changes to the plant's chemical phenotype with respect to emission of herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). These HIPVs have been shown to act as repellents to the attacking i... Read More about An Indirect Defence Trait Mediated through Egg-Induced Maize Volatiles from Neighbouring Plants..

Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry (2016)
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(2016). Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry. BioControl, 661-669. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-016-9747-y

The western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) causes bronzing to strawberry fruit. Management of insecticide-resistant strains relies on the integration of predators with carefully timed use of the few inse... Read More about Predatory mites double the economic injury level of the Frankliniella occidentalis in strawberry.

Monoclonal antibodies indicate low-abundance links between heteroxylan and other glycans of plant cell walls. (2015)
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Cornuault, V., Buffetto, F., Marcus, S., Xue, J., Crépeau, M., Rydahl, M., …Ralet, M. (2015). Monoclonal antibodies indicate low-abundance links between heteroxylan and other glycans of plant cell walls. Planta, 1321 - 1334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-015-2375-4

MAIN CONCLUSION: The derivation of two sensitive monoclonal antibodies directed to heteroxylan cell wall polysaccharide preparations has allowed the identification of potential inter-linkages between xylan and pectin in potato tuber cell walls and al... Read More about Monoclonal antibodies indicate low-abundance links between heteroxylan and other glycans of plant cell walls..

Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis. (2015)
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(2015). Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2188 - 2202. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evv136

Obligate bacterial symbionts are widespread in many invertebrates, where they are often confined to specialized host cells and are transmitted directly from mother to progeny. Increasing numbers of these bacteria are being characterized but questions... Read More about Draft Genomes, Phylogenetic Reconstruction, and Comparative Genomics of Two Novel Cohabiting Bacterial Symbionts Isolated from Frankliniella occidentalis..

Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations (2014)
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(2014). Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations. Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5399-2014

Abstract. This study investigated differences in the magnitude and partitioning of the carbon (C) and greenhouse gas (GHG) balances in an age sequence of four white pine (Pinus strobus L.) afforestation stands (7, 20, 35 and 70 years old as of 2009)... Read More about Carbon and greenhouse gas balances in an age-sequence of temperate pine plantations.

Insect oral secretions suppress wound-induced responses in Arabidopsis. (2011)
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(2011). Insect oral secretions suppress wound-induced responses in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 727 - 737. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err308

The induction of plant defences and their subsequent suppression by insects is thought to be an important factor in the evolutionary arms race between plants and herbivores. Although insect oral secretions (OS) contain elicitors that trigger plant im... Read More about Insect oral secretions suppress wound-induced responses in Arabidopsis..

Biosilicification in Oryza sativa and other plants
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Stokes, I. (2016). Biosilicification in Oryza sativa and other plants

Rice (Oryza sativa) is well known as a biosilicifier though the mechanisms which underlie the silica deposition in them are still relatively unknown. Silica deposits in rice were imaged through various complementary techniques including PDMPO stainin... Read More about Biosilicification in Oryza sativa and other plants.