Failure of methanol detoxification in pests confers broad spectrum insect resistance in PME overexpressing transgenic cotton

A Srivastava, G Jain, S Chandra, V Kalia, SK Upadhyay… - Plant Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol is noxious to insect pests, but most plants do not make enough of it to shield
themselves from encroaching insects. Methanol emission is known to increase in the …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced methanol production in plants provides broad spectrum insect resistance

S Dixit, SK Upadhyay, H Singh, OP Sidhu, PC Verma… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Plants naturally emit methanol as volatile organic compound. Methanol is toxic to insect
pests; but the quantity produced by most of the plants is not enough to protect them against …

Pyramiding of cry toxins and methanol producing genes to increase insect resistance in cotton

A Razzaq, A Ali, MM Zafar, A Nawaz, D Xiaoying… - GM crops & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The idea of enhanced methanol production from cell wall by pectin methyl esterase
enzymes (PME) combined with expression of cry genes from Bacillus thuringiensis as a …

A combinational approach of enhanced methanol production and double Bt genes for broad spectrum insect resistance in transgenic cotton

M Zubair, A Latif, AQ Rao, S Azam, N Shahid… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
The prevalence of insect resistance against Bt toxins has led to the idea of enhancing
demethylation from cell wall pectin by pectin methylesterase enzyme for overproduction of …

Pectin methylesterase NaPME1 contributes to the emission of methanol during insect herbivory and to the elicitation of defence responses in Nicotiana attenuata

E Körner, CC von Dahl, G Bonaventure… - Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) catalyse the demethylation of pectin within plant cell walls,
releasing methanol (MeOH) in the process. Thus far, PMEs have been found to be involved …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional plasticity and cell wall characterization in high-methanol-producing transgenic tobacco plants

S Dixit, K Chandrashekar, SK Upadhyay, PC Verma - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Volatile organic compounds emanating from plant surfaces serve as a sustainable natural
solution to combat biotic stresses in plants. Leaf methanol is the simplest and second major …

Distinct defensive activity of phenolics and phenylpropanoid pathway genes in different cotton varieties toward chewing pests

G Dixit, A Srivastava, KM Rai, RS Dubey… - Plant signaling & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Identifying the maximum level of inherent defense against harmful insects in natural
variation among wild lineages of crop plants may result in high yield tolerant varieties and …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering DMNT emission in cotton enhances direct and indirect defense against mirid bugs

D Teng, D Liu, A Khashaveh, B Lv, P Sun… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction As an important herbivore-induced plant volatile,(3E)-4, 8-dimethyl-1, 3, 7-
nonatriene (DMNT) is known for its defensive role against multiple insect pests, including …

Transcriptome analysis reveals a comprehensive insect resistance response mechanism in cotton to infestation by the phloem feeding insect Bemisia tabaci (whitefly)

J Li, L Zhu, JJ Hull, S Liang, H Daniell… - Plant biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) causes tremendous damage to cotton production worldwide.
However, very limited information is available about how plants perceive and defend …

Caterpillar‐elicited methanol emission: a new signal in plant–herbivore interactions?

CC Von Dahl, M Hävecker, R Schlögl… - The Plant …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Plants release into the atmosphere large quantities of volatile organic compounds (VOCs),
of which methanol (MeOH), a putative waste product, is the second most abundant. Using …