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Conference poster, 2012

Fungal inoculation and methyl jasmonate application induce highly variable terpene accumulation in Norway spruce

Zhao, Tao; Krokene, Paal; Björklund, Niklas; Erbilgin, Nadir; Christiansen, Erik; Långström, Bo; Solheim, Halvor; Borg-Karlson, Anna-Karin

Abstract

Knowledge about tree chemical defense is vital for developing practical methods to maintain healthy forests. With the aims of characterizing the defensive chemical induction in Norway spruce Picea abies and demonstrating its ecological function to spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, we measured the terpenoid content in the bark of mature Norway spruce trees inoculated with Ceratocystis polonica, or treated with methyl jasmonate (MeJA), and investigated the colonization and pheromone emission of I. typographus.

Keywords

Methyl Jasmonate; Ips typographus; Terpene; Norway spruce; Picea abies

Published in

Title: Genetic Aspects of Adaptation and Mitigation: Forest Health, Wood Quality and Biomass Production; Riga, Latvia
Publisher: Genetic Aspects of Adaptation and Mitigation: Forest Health, Wood Quality and Biomass Production

Conference

Genetic Aspects of Adaptation and Mitigation: Forest Health, Wood Quality and Biomass Production; Riga, Latvia