Phytohormones related to host plant manipulation by a gall-inducing leafhopper.

The maize orange leafhopper Cicadulina bipunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) induces galls characterized by growth stunting and severe swelling of leaf veins on various plants of Poaceae. Previous studies revealed that galls are induced not on feeding site but on distant, newly extended leaves during...

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Main Authors: Makoto Tokuda, Yusuke Jikumaru, Keiichiro Matsukura, Yumiko Takebayashi, Shun Kumashiro, Masaya Matsumura, Yuji Kamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3640097?pdf=render