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Wound and insect herbivory responsive genes in poplar

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Insect herbivory leads to induced resistance to subsequent infestations in plants. This is due in part to feeding-induced expression of genes that can lead to reduced palatability and/or digestibility of the plant material. We identified 57 distinct differentially expressed genes from poplars that were either infested by gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) or mechanically wounded. Eleven highly insect-inducible genes were also found to be wound-inducible. Time course analysis revealed diverse timing of peak transcript accumulation. Sequence analysis of promoters suggested that the wound responsive elements, W and DRE, and the jasmonic acid responsive H motif, are over-represented in wound-induced poplar promoters and should be investigated further.

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We thank Kevin Thorpe for providing the gypsy moth larvae. We appreciate the efforts of Dawn Gundersen-Rindal and Jeffrey Slack for their critical reading of the manuscript.

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Bldg. 011A, Rm. 214, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA

    Susan D. Lawrence & Nicole Novak

  2. School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Program in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110410, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Christopher Dervinis & John M. Davis

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Lawrence, S.D., Dervinis, C., Novak, N. et al. Wound and insect herbivory responsive genes in poplar. Biotechnol Lett 28, 1493–1501 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-006-9119-2

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