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. 2011 Dec 1;6(12):2060–2063. doi: 10.4161/psb.6.12.18324

Table 1. Examples of chewing insect-associated elicitors that induce specific responses in plants during insect folivory.

Elicitors Insect species Plant species
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