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SUBMITTER: Bruce TJA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4480004 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bruce Toby J A TJA Aradottir Gudbjorg I GI Smart Lesley E LE Martin Janet L JL Caulfield John C JC Doherty Angela A Sparks Caroline A CA Woodcock Christine M CM Birkett Michael A MA Napier Johnathan A JA Jones Huw D HD Pickett John A JA
Scientific reports 20150625
Insect pheromones offer potential for managing pests of crop plants. Volatility and instability are problems for deployment in agriculture but could be solved by expressing genes for the biosynthesis of pheromones in the crop plants. This has now been achieved by genetically engineering a hexaploid variety of wheat to release (E)-β-farnesene (Eβf), the alarm pheromone for many pest aphids, using a synthetic gene based on a sequence from peppermint with a plastid targeting amino acid sequence, wi ...[more]