... Dr. Marc Johnson, assistant professor of plant biology at NC State and the lead author ... alongside their hosts and have found ways to co-opt plant defenses. Instead of being deterred by certain chemical ...
... of henbane and tobacco-specific molecules and even so-called "chemical hybrids," explaining how plants can tinker with their natural chemical factories and adjust their product line to a changing ...
... . And for that reason, they're much safer."
Researchers have known for years that many plants have a defense mechanism that involves production of natural chemicals, called phytoalexins, to kill ...
... This occurs through a series of steps, beginning with a primary infection that causes the plant to induce defenses to contain the spread and growth of the pathogen. The infection causes the plant to ...
... Plants cannot flee from their furry predators, so how do they avoid becoming a prairie dog ... colleagues explore the role of metal hyperaccumulation in plant defense in the June 2009 issue of the American ...
Elemental hyperaccumulation in plants is hypothesized to represent a plant defense mechanism. The objective of this study was to determine whether selenium hyperaccumulation offers plants long-term ...
... metabolic "master switch" jasmonic acid. Both signal herbivory in leaves and shoots of plants and activate the plants' defense reaction against caterpillars. Cis-OPDA, when reaching the hemolymph of ...
... physiological mechanism by which plants control abscission is important for understanding both plant development and plant defense mechanisms," said John Walker, director of the MU Interdisciplinary ...
A newly identified molecule involved in plant defense could inspire design of new fungicides
... eating vertebrate animals disarm plant defenses. Until the advent of genetic techniques to scan ... insects because they are pests and eat a lot of the plants we eat."
Wood creosote is a resin that comes ...
... , and those provide the ability for Phytophthora to change and adapt so readily to plant defenses," Carrington said. "We believe it's the key to the pathogen's virulence."
Researchers in Oregon, at ...
