Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins
Jixing Xia, Zhaojiang Guo, Zezhong Yang, Haolin Han, Shaoli Wang, Haifeng Xu, Xin Yang, Fengshan Yang, Qingjun Wu, Wen Xie, Xuguo Zhou, Wannes Dermauw, Ted C. J. Turlings, Youjun Zhang
Topics & Concepts
BiologyWhiteflyHerbivoreDetoxification (alternative medicine)Plant defense against herbivoryHorizontal gene transferAgricultural pestGeneBotanyHost (biology)EcologyGeneticsGenomeAgricultural scienceAlternative medicineMedicinePathologyInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesInsect and Pesticide Research