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SUBMITTER: Schnee C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1347987 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schnee Christiane C Köllner Tobias G TG Held Matthias M Turlings Ted C J TC Gershenzon Jonathan J Degenhardt Jörg J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060117 4
Plants can defend themselves against herbivores by attracting natural enemies of the herbivores. The cues for attraction are often complex mixtures of herbivore-induced plant volatiles, making it difficult to demonstrate the role of specific compounds. After herbivory by lepidopteran larvae, maize releases a mixture of volatiles that is highly attractive to females of various parasitic wasp species. We identified the terpene synthase TPS10 that forms (E)-beta-farnesene, (E)-alpha-bergamotene, an ...[more]