Epigenetic weapons in plant-herbivore interactions: Sulforaphane disrupts histone deacetylases, gene expression, and larval development in Spodoptera exigua while the specialist feeder Trichoplusia ni is largely resistant to these effects

Dana J. Somers; David B. Kushner; Alexandria R. McKinnis; Dzejlana Mehmedovic; Rachel S. Flame; Thomas M. Arnold

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0293075

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Epigenetic weapons in plant-herbivore interactions: Sulforaphane disrupts histone deacetylases, gene expression, and larval development in Spodoptera exigua while the specialist feeder Trichoplusia ni is largely resistant to these effects

Dana J. Somers,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America
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David B. Kushner,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6260-5094

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Alexandria R. McKinnis,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America
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Dzejlana Mehmedovic,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America
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Rachel S. Flame,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America
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Thomas M. Arnold

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: arnoldt@dickinson.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA United States of America
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Epigenetic weapons in plant-herbivore interactions: Sulforaphane disrupts histone deacetylases, gene expression, and larval development in Spodoptera exigua while the specialist feeder Trichoplusia ni is largely resistant to these effects

Dana J. Somers,
David B. Kushner,
Alexandria R. McKinnis,
Dzejlana Mehmedovic,
Rachel S. Flame,
Thomas M. Arnold

Published: October 19, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293075

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