Differential activities of maize plant elicitor peptides as mediators of immune signaling and herbivore resistance

E Poretsky, K Dressano, P Weckwerth, M Ruiz… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant elicitor peptides (Peps) are conserved regulators of defense responses and models for
the study of damage‐associated molecular pattern‐induced immunity. Although present as …

Comparative analyses of responses to exogenous and endogenous antiherbivore elicitors enable a forward genetics approach to identify maize gene candidates …

E Poretsky, M Ruiz, N Ahmadian… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Crop damage by herbivorous insects remains a significant contributor to annual yield
reductions. Following attack, maize (Zea mays) responds to herbivore‐associated molecular …

Aminoacylase efficiently hydrolyses fatty acid amino acid conjugates of Helicoverpa armigera potentially to increase the pool of glutamine

GS Kallure, SS Sahoo, RS Kale, VT Barvkar… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the most prevalent bioactive molecules present in the oral secretion (OS) of
lepidopteran insects is fatty acid amino acid conjugates (FACs). Insect dietary components …