dc.contributor.author |
Oates, Caryn Nicole
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dc.contributor.author |
Denby, Katherine J.
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dc.contributor.author |
Myburg, Alexander Andrew
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dc.contributor.author |
Slippers, Bernard
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dc.contributor.author |
Naidoo, Sanushka
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-26T05:30:18Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-05-26T05:30:18Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Gall-inducing insects are capable of exerting a high level of control over their hosts’ cellular
machinery to the extent that the plant’s development, metabolism, chemistry, and physiology are
all altered in favour of the insect. Many gallers are devastating pests in global agriculture and the
limited understanding of their relationship with their hosts prevents the development of robust
management strategies. Omics technologies are proving to be important tools in elucidating the
mechanisms involved in the interaction as they facilitate analysis of plant hosts and insect effectors for
which little or no prior knowledge exists. In this review, we examine the mechanisms behind insect
gall development using evidence from omics-level approaches. The secretion of effector proteins
and induced phytohormonal imbalances are highlighted as likely mechanisms involved in gall
development. However, understanding how these components function within the system is far from
complete and a number of questions need to be answered before this information can be used in the
development of strategies to engineer or breed plants with enhanced resistance. |
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dc.description.department |
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) |
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dc.description.department |
Genetics |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2017 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The Department of Science and Technology of South Africa and the University of Pretoria Postgraduate Study
Abroad Bursary Program. This work is based on the research supported in part by the National Research
Foundation of South Africa for the grant, Unique Grant No. 87912, and the Scarce Skills Doctoral Scholarship,
Unique Grant No. 88789. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Oates, CN, Denby, KJ, Myburg, AA, Slippers, B & Naidoo, S 2016, 'Insect gallers and their plant hosts : from omics data to systems biology', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 17, art. no. 1891, pp. 1-14. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1422-0067 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3390/ijms17111891 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60669 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
MDPI Publishing |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license. |
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dc.subject |
Galling insect |
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dc.subject |
Omics data |
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dc.subject |
Effector |
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dc.subject |
Phytohormone |
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dc.subject |
Gall induction |
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dc.title |
Insect gallers and their plant hosts : from omics data to systems biology |
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dc.type |
Article |
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