Project description:The treatment of Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera litura with spore suspensions of Cordyceps fumosorosea showed high lethal effect on Plutella xylostella and poor lethal effect on Spodoptera litura. Therefore, the epiderms of the two insects were immersed in the spore suspensions of the strains and the mycelia were filtered out for protein sequencing.
Project description:Loliolide, a metabolite of carotenoid metabolic pathways in plants, was identified as an inducer of resistance to herbivores such as the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, and the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura. To identify host factors involved in loliolide-induced herbivore resistance, microarray analysis of tomato plants treated with loliolide was performed. We identified several cell wall-associated defense genes as loliolide-responsive genes.
