title: Preliminary studies on differential defense responses induced during plant communication.
abstract: We compared the expression patterns of three representative genes in undamaged tomato and tobacco plants in response to exposure to either tomato or tobacco fed on by Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm). When tomato and tobacco, two species of one family, were incubated in the chambers with the tomato plants damaged by the cotton bollworm, the expression of the PR1, BGL2, and PAL genes was up-regulated in leaves of both plants. However, the levels of gene expression were significantly higher in the tomato than that in the tobacco. In addition, the activities of enzymes, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, and lipoxygenase were found to be higher in the tomato than those in the tobacco. Similar results were obtained when the damaged plants were replaced by the tobacco.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jin Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhong Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Jian Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shi Hai
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Xue Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Yong Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004156:Catechol Oxidase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D007915:Lepidoptera; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000201:enzymology*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000201:enzymology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000201:enzymology*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D004156:Catechol Oxidase; D009195:Peroxidase; D008084:Lipoxygenase