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We compared the expression patterns of three representative genes in undamaged tomato and tobacco plants in response to exposure to either tomato or tobacco fed on by Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm). When tomato and tobacco, two species of one family, were incubated in the chambers with the tomato plants damaged by the cotton bollworm, the expression of the PR1, BGL2, and PAL genes was up-regulated in leaves of both plants. However, the levels of gene expression were significantly higher in the tomato than that in the tobacco. In addition, the activities of enzymes, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, and lipoxygenase were found to be higher in the tomato than those in the tobacco. Similar results were obtained when the damaged plants were replaced by the tobacco.
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The authors sincerely thank Dr. SC LEVINGS and Prof. Xiangxiong ZHU for their comments on earlier drafts of this manuscript. This research was surported by grants from the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to Yongping HUANG as “Hundreds talent young scientists” and Key project for defense against invasive species (KSCX1-SW-13-02-01) as well as project item (01JC14051) from Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality.
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PENG, J., LI, Z., XIANG, H. et al. Preliminary studies on differential defense responses induced during plant communication. Cell Res 15, 187–192 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.cr.7290285
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