Forest tent caterpillar

ARIMURA, G., HUBER, D.P.W., BOHLMANN, J., Forest tent caterpillars Malacosoma disstrid) induce local and systemic diurnal emissions of terpenoid volatiles in hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x deltoides) cDNA cloning, functional characterization, and patterns of gene expression of (-)-germacrene D synthase, PtdTPSl. Plant J., 2004,37, 603-616. 

CTs can be effective anti-nutrients against insects, especially at high concentrations as can be found in P. tremuloides (up to 18 % DW). ° Tannin effectiveness and mechanism of action has been debated, but it clearly depends both on variations in chemical structure and plant source, as well as on the biochemical conditions in the gut of the particular insect species. In P. tremuloides, CT levels were shown to be negatively correlated with gypsy moth and forest tent caterpillar larvae performance, although the effects were smaller than with the phenolic glycosides (C. P. Constabel and J. Spence, unpublished data). ... 

ROBISON, D.J., RAFFA, K.F., Effects of constitutive and inducible traits of hybrid poplars on forest tent caterpillar feeding and population ecology. Forest Sci., 1997,43, 252-267. 

HWANG, S.Y., LINDROTH, R.L., Clonal variation in foliar chemistry of aspen Effects on gypsy moths and forest tent caterpillars, Oecologia, 1997, 111, 99-108. 

WANG, J., CONSTABEL, C.P., Polyphenol oxidase overexpression in transgenic Populus enhances resistance to herbivory by forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstrid), Planta, 2004, 220, 87-96. 

Gypsy Moth and Forest Tent Caterpillar Bioassays... 

Sex pheromone component of the forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria. Bpo.os 90-91 . 

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