Making use of surplus sugar
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Insects have many ways of disabling plant chemical defenses during feeding. Plant phloem feeders use surplus ingested sugar to block the activation of glucosinolate toxins, providing a target for precise resistance breeding.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Nature Chemical Biology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 12 |
Pages (from-to) | 1283-1284 |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISSN | 1552-4450 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
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