作者: Peijin Li , Zhen Tao , Chuanhong Wang , Shijie Huang , Hongyi Chen
DOI: 10.7554/ELIFE.63938
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摘要: Insect pests negatively affect crop quality and yield; identifying new methods to protect crops against insects therefore has important agricultural applications. Our analysis of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants showed that overexpression of pentacyclic triterpene synthase 1, encoding the key biosynthetic enzyme for the natural plant product (3E)-4, 8-dimethyl-1, 3, 7-nonatriene (DMNT), led to a significant resistance against a major insect pest, Plutella xylostella. DMNT treatment severely damaged the peritrophic matrix (PM), a physical barrier …