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SUBMITTER: Macel M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677282 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Macel Mirka M Visschers Isabella G S IGS Peters Janny L JL van Dam Nicole M NM de Graaf Rob M RM
Journal of chemical ecology 20201022 11-12
The cuticular wax layer can be important for plant resistance to insects. Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) damage was assessed on 11 pepper accessions of Capsicum annuum and C. chinense in leaf disc and whole plant assays. Thrips damage differed among the accessions. We analyzed the composition of leaf cuticular waxes of these accessions by GC-MS. The leaf wax composition was different between the two Capsicum species. In C. annuum, 1-octacosanol (C<sub>28</sub> alcohol) was the most abundant ...[more]