ArticleOecologia2014
Decreased emergence of emerald ash borer from ash treated with methyl jasmonate is associated with induction of general defense traits and the toxic phenolic compound verbascoside.
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- Perspectives of Gene Editing for the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Review
- A recent ash dieback infection neither affects emerald ash borer performance nor triggers a substantial systemic phytochemical defense response in European ash.Journal of pest science · 2026Article
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- Integrative analysis of green ash phloem transcripts and proteins during an emerald ash borer infestation.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
- Lignin concentrations in phloem and outer bark are not associated with resistance to mountain pine beetle among high elevation pines.PloS one · 2021Article
- Light Limitation Impacts Growth but Not Constitutive or Jasmonate Induced Defenses Relevant to Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) in White Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) or Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra).Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Transcriptional responses in developing lesions of European common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) reveal genes responding to infection by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
- Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?PloS one · 2020Article
- Detection of Emerald Ash Borer Infestations in Living Green Ash by Noninvasive Electronic-Nose Analysis of Wood Volatiles.Biosensors · 2019Article
- In Silico Studies on Compounds Derived fromBiomolecules · 2018Article
- The potential for host switching via ecological fitting in the emerald ash borer-host plant system.Oecologia · 2018Review
- Higher Activities of Defense-Associated Enzymes may Contribute to Greater Resistance of Manchurian Ash to Emerald Ash Borer Than A closely Related and Susceptible Congener.Journal of chemical ecology · 2016Article
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Abstract
The emerald ash borer (EAB; Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) is causing widespread mortality of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in North America. To date, no mechanisms of host resistance have been identified against this pest. Methyl jasmonate was applied to susceptible North American and resistant Asian ash species to determine if it can elicit induced responses in bark that enhance resistance to EAB. In particular, phenolic compounds, lignin, and defense-related proteins were quantified, and compounds associated with resistance were subsequently tested directly against EAB larvae in bioassays with artificial diet. MeJA application decreased adult emergence in susceptible ash species, comparable to levels achieved by insecticide application. Concentration of the phenolic compound verbascoside sharply increased after MeJA application to green and white ash. When incorporated in an artificial diet, verbascoside decreased survival and growth of EAB neonates in a dose-dependent fashion. Lignin and trypsin inhibitors were also induced by MeJA, and analogs of both compounds reduced growth of EAB larvae in artificial diets. We conclude that the application of MeJA prior to EAB attack has the ability to enhance resistance of susceptible ash trees by inducing endogenous plant defenses, and report evidence that induction of verbascoside is a mechanism of resistance to EAB.
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