Table 1. Examples of chewing insect-associated elicitors that induce specific responses in plants during insect folivory.
Elicitors | Insect species | Plant species |
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Glucose Oxidase (GOX) |
Helicoverpa zea Spodoptera exigua Helicoverpa armigera Other Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera |
Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) Nicotiana attenuata (coyote tobacco) Medicago truncatula Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) |
β-glucosidase |
Pieris brassicae |
Phaseolus lunatus (lima beans) Zea mays (maize) Brassica oleracea (cabbage) |
N-acyl-amino acids (FACs) |
Spodoptera exigua Manduca sexta Teleogryllus taiwanemma Drosophila melanogaster Several Lepidoptera |
Zea mays Glycine max (soybean) Solanum melongena (eggplant) Nicotiana attenuata Solanum nigrum |
Caeliferins |
Schistocerca americana |
Zea mays Arabidopsis thaliana |
Inceptin |
Produced by degradation of the plant ATP synthase γ-subunit during folivory by Spodoptera frugiperda |
Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) |
Oligouronides | Produced by degradation of plant cell walls during insect folivory | Solanum lycopersicum |