Priming of elm and pine defence against herbivores (B01)

• Subject Area: Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
• Term: from 2012 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 190578797

Project B1 focuses on priming of elm and pine anti-herbivore defences. The project investigates by molecular and chemical methods how egg deposition by herbivorous insects primes plant defence against hatching larvae. A comparison of elm and pine priming mechanisms will elucidate the species-specificity of the processes. In pine, the project will further investigate how exposure of the tree to insect sex pheromones primes the tree’s defence against insect eggs. A comparison of egg-mediated priming of defence against larvae and pheromone-mediated priming of defence against insect eggs will elucidate how specifically different cues, which prime anti-herbivore defences, are acting.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 973: Priming and Memory of Organismic Responses to Stress
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Monika Hilker