The Key Role of Plant Hormone Signaling Transduction and Flavonoid Biosynthesis Pathways in the Response of Chinese Pine () to Feeding Stimulation by Pine Caterpillar ().

In nature, plants have developed a series of resistance mechanisms to face various external stresses. As understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant resistance continues to deepen, exploring endogenous resistance in plants has become a hot topic in this field. Despite the multitude of studies on plant-induced resistance, how plants respond to stress under natural conditions remains relatively unclear.

Transcriptomic analysis of the defense response in "Cabernet Sauvignon" grape leaf induced by feeding.

To investigate the molecular mechanism of the defense response of "Cabernet Sauvignon" grapes to feeding by , high-throughput sequencing technology was used to analyze the transcriptome of grape leaves under three different treatments: feeding by , puncture injury, and an untreated control. The research findings indicated that the differentially expressed genes were primarily enriched in three aspects: cellular composition, molecular function, and biological process. These genes were found to be involved in 42 metabolic pathways, particularly in plant hormone signaling metabolism, plant-pathogen interaction, MAPK signaling pathway, and other metabolic pathways associated with plant-induced insect resistance.

Metabolites and Plant Hormones Related to the Resistance Response to Feeding Stimulation and Leaf Clipping Control in Chinese Pine ( Carr.).

This experiment was conducted to define changes in metabolic pathways in response to mandibulate insect feeding and to provide a reference for further investigation of the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of conifer resistance. Chinese pine ( Carr.) in good growth status in natural condition was chosen for stimulation by 10 pine caterpillars ( Tsai et Liu) as feeding stimulation (FS), leaf clipping control (LCC) as mechanical damage, and CK group (with no treatment) (recorded as 0 h).

Midgut transcriptome analysis of Clostera anachoreta treated with lethal and sublethal Cry1Ac protoxin.

Clostera anachoreta is one of the important Lepidoptera insect pests in forestry, especially in poplars woods in China, Europe, Japan, and India, and so forth, and also the target insect of Cry1Ac toxin and Bt plants. Six genes, HSC70, GNB2L/RACK1, PNLIP, BI1-like, arylphorin type 2, and PKM were found in this study, and they might be associated with the response to the Cry1Ac toxin, found by analyzing the transcriptome data. And the PI3K-Akt pathway was highly enriched in differentially expressed unigenes and linked to several crucial pathways, including the B-cell receptor signaling pathway, toll-like receptor pathway, and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway.

Simultaneous Determination of Salicylic Acid, Jasmonic Acid, Methyl Salicylate, and Methyl Jasmonate from Ulmus pumila Leaves by GC-MS.

Salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate are important phytohormones and defensive signaling compounds, so it is of great importance to determine their levels rapidly and accurately. The study uses Ulmus pumila leaves infected by Tetraneura akinire Sasaki at different stages as materials; after extraction with 80% methanol and ethyl acetate and purification with primary secondary amine (PSA) and graphitized carbon blacks (GCB), the contents of signal compounds salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate were determined by GC-MS. The results showed that the level of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate increased remarkably in U.

[Characteristics of soil seed banks in logging gaps of forests at different succession stages in Changbai Mountains].

An investigation was made on the soil seed banks in the logging gaps of Populus davidiana--Betula platyphylla secondary forest, secondary broad-leaved forest, and broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest at their different succession stages in Changbai Mountains. Among the test forests, secondary broad-leaved forest had the highest individual density (652 ind x m(-2)) in its soil seed bank. With the succession of forest community, the diversity and uniformity of soil seed bank increased, but the dominance decreased.

[Arthropod communities in jujube-grain intercropping system: composition and time series dynamics].

In order to reveal the correlations between the arthropod communities in two sub-systems (jujube yard and grain field) of jujube-grain intercropping system, an investigation was conducted on the composition and time series dynamics of the communities in the two sub-systems. A total of 14 936 arthropod individuals belonging to 14 orders and 96 families were found, among which, 5992 individuals of 14 orders and 82 families were in jujube yard and 8971 of 14 orders and 80 families were in grain field, and some differences were observed in the arthropod community structure between the two sub-systems. The time series dynamics of the arthropod communities could be divided into four periods, according to the optimal cut-apart of time series, i.

[Insect community and its relationship with Ceroplastes japonicus occurrence in jujube orchards].

Employing community character indices and canonical correlation analysis, this paper studied the insect communi structure and its relationship with the occurrence degree of Ceroplastes japonicus in jujube orchards. The results showed that based on the community discrepancy coefficient of 0.20, the insect community in various sampling fields could be categorized into two groups, i.

[Influence of temperature on insect-resistance of transgenic hybrid poplar 741].

The study showed that the insect-resistance of transgenic hybrid poplar 741 was closely related with temperature. The total mortality and accumulative mortality of Gypsy moth (Lmantriadispar L.) larvae increased with increasing temperature, and the sensitivity of larvae to the clones of transgenic hybrid poplar 741 and temperature decreased gradually with the increasing instars.