Herbivore induced emissions of methanol and ethylene: volatile signals in the defense response of Nicotiana attenuata [Elektronische Ressource] / von Caroline C. von Dahl

Herbivore-induced emissions of methanol and ethylene: volatile signals in the defense response of Nicotiana attenuata Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Diplom-Biologin Caroline C. von Dahl geboren am 3.12.1975 in Frankfurt a.M. Referees: 1. Prof. Dr. Ian T. Baldwin 2. Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller 3. Prof. Dr. Corné M.J. Pieterse thDate of Oral Examination: June 25 2007 ndDate of Public Defense: July 2 2007 Table of Contents______________________________________________________________________________________________________Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Plants: not quite as passive as they look 1 1.2. Mindless mastery of stress responses 2 1.3. Plant species to study plant signaling 6 1.4. Volatile signals in the defense response of N. attenuata 8 2. Manuscripts 9 I. Contents and Author’s Contribution 9 Manuscript 11-23 C.C. von Dahl, M. Hävecker, R. Schlögl, and I.T. Baldwin (2006) Caterpillar-elicited methanol emissions: a new signal in plant-herbivore interactions? The Plant Journal, 46: 948-960 II. Contents and Author’s Contribution 25 Manuscript 27-35 C.C. von Dahl and I.T.