When most people think of flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants and other organisms, their nutritional benefits probably come to mind first. But these compounds may have another health benefit ...
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that flavonoids that show larvicidal action in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes inhibit the activity of Nobo, an enzyme used in the biosynthesis of the insect ...
In C Tittiger and GJ Blomquist (Ed.), Advances in Insect Physiology (vol. 50, pp. 235-263). Advances in Insect Physiology/Elsevier. Tittiger, C., Blomquist, G. Insect ...
Mentor(s): Zheng Li, Ph.D. The extensive production of wax is a key innovation that has promoted the protection of scale insects (Ross et al. 2009). Wax biosynthesis is controlled through the ...
Proposed model of SA/ABA antagonism. The bar chart depicts the changes in transcript abundance of the PR1 and WRKY18 genes in tea plants treated with ABA and asOND. Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of ...