<p>Plant resistance hypothesis says that under a period of time when a plant is exposed to powerful herbivore attack it will prioritise defence as a major metabolic function. In theory, induced plant defence (resistance) will provide opportunities for this organism to “invest” in other functions, in example growth when attackers are absent.</p><p>One of the compounds taking part in plant defence is callose. This β-1,3-glucan is synthesised by callose synthase and broken down by β-1,3-glucanase. Deposition of callose occurs as a reaction to aphid attack an varies, depending on cultivars, and aphid species. In this experiment barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivar Clipper is being infested with two types of aphids: Russian wheat aphid (RWA, Diuraphis noxia) and bird cherry-oat aphid (BCA, Rhopalosiphium padi) over a time period. Infestation by those two insects results in different callose formation and deposition level.</p><p>Six sequences encoding for putative callose synthase genes and nine sequences encoding for β-1,3-glucanase were examined by RT-PCR and Real – Time PCR methods for different expression patterns.</p><p>The results did not show any significant regulation of gene expression during RWA and BCA attack for any of these genes. Thus the pathway regulating aphid – induced callose deposition in barley reminds unresolved.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:sh-1568 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Cierlik, Izabela Anna |
| Publisher | Södertörn University College, School of Life Sciences, Huddinge : Institutionen för livsvetenskaper |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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