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when lima bean plants that have previously been placed downwind of transgenic tobacco plants that are constitutively overexpressing (E)-beta-ocimene synthase are infested by spider mites in an open-flow tunnel, they are more defensive to spider mites and more attractive to predatory mites, in comparison to the infested plants that have been placed downwind of wild-type tobacco plants. Similarly, when the transgenic tobacco-downwind maize plants are infested with Mythimna separata larvae, this results in reduced larval growth and greater attraction of parasitic wasps Cotesia kariyai. In a greenhouse experiment, lima bean plants placed near the transgenic tobacco plants are more attractive when damaged by spider mites, in comparison to the infested plants that have been placed near the wild-type plants. Volatile organic compounds emitted from infested receiver plants affect their conspecific neighboring plants to prime indirect defenses in response to herbivory |
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