How Whiteflies Hijack Plant Detoxification Genes to Survive Toxic Environments
Whiteflies Hijack Plant Detoxification Genes Whiteflies’ capacity to steal genes involved in plant detoxification poses serious problems and has ramifications for managing ecosystems and agriculture. Many plants produce phenolic glycosides that are toxic to insect herbivores, and whiteflies carry the plant-derived phenolic glucoside malonyltransferase gene BtPMaT1. BtPMaT1 allows whiteflies to neutralize phenolic glycosides in their … Read more