Grapevine response to Planococcus ficus feeding

ABSTRACT: Plant response to insect feeding appears to be highly specific with regard to the organisms in the system. Here, we report on the interaction between grapevine Vitis vinifera plants and a phloem-feeding insect pest, the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus. Plants were exposed to P. ficus for periods of 6 hours and 96 hours, after which they were analysed for gene expression levels using microarrays and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Both methods showed that grapevine displayed only a minimal response to mealybug feeding at the transcript level at both time periods. Intermediate grapevine exposure times (24, 48 and 72 hours) to P. ficus feeding were investigated using qPCR analysis of ten additional genes associated with known plant defense responses. Results showed that only a single

ORGANISM(S): Vitis vinifera

SUBMITTER: Alicia Timm 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32343 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress