Terpenoid Aldehydes - a Role in Host Plant Resistance

Wednesday, January 6, 2016: 2:15 PM
Preservation Hall Studios 7 & 8 (New Orleans Marriott)
Jodi Scheffler , USDA-ARS
Pameka Sanders Johnson , USDA-ARS CGRU
Randall G. Luttrell , USDA-ARS SIMRU
Gregory Chad Roberts , USDA-ARS SIMRU
Evaluated field and laboratory techniques to test tolerance of cotton lines, with lower levels of seed gossypol, to insects. Determined the relationship between protective terpenoid aldehyde compounds in cotton leaves and seed.