Publications by authors named "Yun-Che Hsu"
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- Tomato is a key vegetable crop globally, and bacterial wilt (BW) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a major threat to its production.
- Research has identified two main loci (Bwr-6 and Bwr-12) linked to BW resistance, but additional unidentified factors also contribute to this resistance.
- Analysis of genome sequences from resistant and susceptible tomato lines revealed significant genetic variations, including a notable SNP in the Asc gene associated with the Bwr-3 locus, highlighting new avenues for understanding and improving BW resistance.
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- The study investigates the male-specific pheromones of the striped flea beetle, Phyllotreta striolata, focusing on two compounds: (6R,7S)-himachala-9,11-diene (compound A) and (3S,9R,9aS)-3-hydroxy-3,5,5,9,9-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8,9,9a-hexahydro-1H-benzo[7]annulen-2(3H)-one (compound G).
- Compound G is found to be attractive to Taiwanese populations of the beetle, and a blend of compounds A and G significantly increases attraction compared
Thrips are direct pests as well as vectors of important viruses infecting crop plants. One of the major constraints in studying the relationship between thrips vectors and tospoviruses is the difficulty of identifying the vector species because of high intraspecific variation among thrips populations. Molecular approaches have been used to identify species differences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProduction of the male specific compound, 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate by the predatory stink bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) was dramatically affected by rearing conditions. Male bugs kept isolated after eclosion produced an average of 1,948 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug, whereas male bugs reared in groups of 5-8 bugs produced an average of only 4 ng of 6,10,13-trimethyltetradecyl isovalerate per bug. Same-sex or mixed-sex pairs of bugs produced less than 50 ng per bug.
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