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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Title:		Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior
Author(s):		Beale MH; Birkett MA; Bruce TJA; Chamberlain K; Field LM; Huttly AK; Martin JL; Parker R; Phillips AL; Pickett JA; Prosser IM; Shewry PR; Smart LE; Wadhams LJ; Woodcock CM; Zhang Y;
Address:		"Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom. Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom john.pickett@bbsrc.ac.uk"
Journal Title:		Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:		2006
Volume:		20060623
Issue:		27
Page Number:		10509 - 10513
DOI:		10.1073/pnas.0603998103
ISSN/ISBN:		0027-8424 (Print) 1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The alarm pheromone for many species of aphids, which causes dispersion in response to attack by predators or parasitoids, consists of the sesquiterpene (E)-beta-farnesene (Ebetaf). We used high levels of expression in Arabidopsis thaliana plants of an Ebetaf synthase gene cloned from Mentha x piperita to cause emission of pure Ebetaf. These plants elicited potent effects on behavior of the aphid Myzus persicae (alarm and repellent responses) and its parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae (an arrestant response). Here, we report the transformation of a plant to produce an insect pheromone and demonstrate that the resulting emission affects behavioral responses at two trophic levels"
Keywords:		"Animals Aphids/*physiology Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism/*parasitology *Behavior, Animal Electrophysiology Female Insect Control Pheromones/*biosynthesis/genetics Plants, Genetically Modified;"
Notes:		"MedlineBeale, Michael H Birkett, Michael A Bruce, Toby J A Chamberlain, Keith Field, Linda M Huttly, Alison K Martin, Janet L Parker, Rachel Phillips, Andrew L Pickett, John A Prosser, Ian M Shewry, Peter R Smart, Lesley E Wadhams, Lester J Woodcock, Christine M Zhang, Yuhua eng BBS/E/C/00004162/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom BBS/E/C/00004558/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2006/06/27 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 5; 103(27):10509-10513. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603998103. Epub 2006 Jun 23"