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Chapter One<br />
INDUCED CHEMICAL DEFENSES IN CONIFERS:<br />
BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO<br />
STUDYING THEIR FUNCTION<br />
Axel Schmidt, 1 * Gazmend Zeneli, 1 Ari M. Hietala, 2 Carl G. Fossdal, 2<br />
Paal Krokene, 2 Erik Christiansen 2 and Jonathan Gershenzon 1<br />
1 Max Planck Institute for <strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Ecology</strong><br />
Hans-Knöll Strasse 8<br />
D-07745 Jena, Germany<br />
2 Norwegian Forest Research Institute (Skogforsk)<br />
Høgskoleveien 12<br />
N-1432 Ås, Norway<br />
*Author for correspondence, e-mail: aschmidt@ice.mpg.de<br />
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. 2<br />
Terpenes ………………………………………………………………………….. 2<br />
Methyl Jasmonate Application to Saplings in the Laboratory …………… 3<br />
Methyl Jasmonate Application to Mature Trees in the Field …………….. 6<br />
Search for Genes Encoding Short Chain Isoprenyl Diphosphate Synthases 8<br />
Phenolics ………………………………………………………………………….. 16<br />
Chitinases …………………………………………………………………………. 18<br />
Summary ………………………………………………………………………….. 19<br />
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