Molecular and ecological analysis of LOX3- and NPR1-dependent defense responses in plant-herbivore interactions [Elektronische Ressource] / von Channabasavangowda Rayapuram

___________________________________________________________________________ Molecular and ecological analysis of LOX3- and NPR1-dependent defense responses in plant-herbivore interactions Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) Vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Facultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Von Master of Science in Agriculture Channabasavangowda Rayapuram geboren am 02.02.1976 in Raichur/India ___________________________________________________________________________ Referees 1. Prof. Dr. Ian T. Baldwin (Dept. Molecular ecology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany) 2. Prof. Dr. Ralf Oelmüller (Institute of General Botany and Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany) 3. Prof. Dr. Maurice W. Sabelis (Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Population Biology section Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Date of oral examination: 13.11.2007 Date of oral presentation: 12.12.2007 ___________________________________________________________________________ Table of contents I Table of contents…………………………………………………………………... I Manuscript overview……………………………………………………………… II 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. 1 2.