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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Title:		Airborne signals prime plants against insect herbivore attack
Author(s):		Engelberth J; Alborn HT; Schmelz EA; Tumlinson JH;
Address:		"Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA"
Journal Title:		Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Year:		2004
Volume:		20040128
Issue:		6
Page Number:		1781 - 1785
DOI:		10.1073/pnas.0308037100
ISSN/ISBN:		0027-8424 (Print) 1091-6490 (Electronic) 0027-8424 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Green leafy volatiles (GLV), six-carbon aldehydes, alcohols, and esters commonly emitted by plants in response to mechanical damage or herbivory, induced intact undamaged corn seedlings to rapidly produce jasmonic acid (JA) and emit sesquiterpenes. More importantly, corn seedlings previously exposed to GLV from neighboring plants produced significantly more JA and volatile sesquiterpenes when mechanically damaged and induced with caterpillar regurgitant than seedlings not exposed to GLV. The use of pure synthetic chemicals revealed that (Z)-3-hexenal, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, and (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate have nearly identical priming activity. Caterpillar-induced nocturnal volatiles, which are enriched in GLV, also exhibited a strong priming effect, inducing production of larger amounts of JA and release of greater quantities of volatile organic compounds after caterpillar regurgitant application. In contrast, GLV priming did not affect JA production induced by mechanical wounding alone. Thus, GLV specifically prime neighboring plants against impending herbivory by enhancing inducible chemical defense responses triggered during attack and may play a key role in plant-plant signaling and plant-insect interactions"
Keywords:		Animals Cyclopentanes/metabolism Insecta/*physiology Organic Chemicals/metabolism Oxylipins Volatilization Zea mays/*parasitology;
Notes:		"MedlineEngelberth, Juergen Alborn, Hans T Schmelz, Eric A Tumlinson, James H eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2004/01/30 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 10; 101(6):1781-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0308037100. Epub 2004 Jan 28"