To move or not to move: are insect movement strategies driven by plant-induced defences?

动还是不动：昆虫的运动策略是由植物诱导的防御驱动的吗？

• 批准号: DP1095433
• 负责人: Prof Myron Zalucki
• 金额: $ 50.16万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2014-12-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1095433
• 关键词: move; insect; movement; strategies; driven

Plants change chemically when damaged by insects. By showing how movement and feeding is related to these induced defences we can manipulate plant defences to resist insect attack in a more focused way. Our target insects are major pests against which we use large amounts of insecticide. Our research will decrease insect damage to crops using existing genetic machinery of plants as opposed to inserting 'novel' toxin-expressing genes. This project builds on Australia's strong record of achievement in agricultural and natural resource research by increasing understanding of the interplay between plant traits and insects. We will build cross-disciplinary research capacity training a new generation of biologists in an exciting area of science.

植物受到昆虫侵害时会发生化学变化。通过展示运动和进食是如何与这些诱导防御相关的，我们可以更集中地操纵植物防御来抵抗昆虫的攻击。我们的目标昆虫是我们使用大量杀虫剂对付的主要害虫。我们的研究将利用植物现有的遗传机制来减少昆虫对作物的损害，而不是插入“新的”毒素表达基因。该项目以澳大利亚在农业和自然资源研究方面取得的优异成绩为基础，增进了对植物性状与昆虫之间相互作用的了解。我们将建立跨学科的研究能力，在令人兴奋的科学领域培养新一代生物学家。