Making Plants Smell Like Moths: Nicotiana benthamiana release moth pheromone alcohol, aldehyde and acetate upon transient expression of biosynthetic genes of different origin
Y.-H. Xia, B.-J. Ding, S. Dong, H.-L. Wang, P. Hofvander, C. Löfstedt
The paper demonstrates that Nicotiana benthamiana can produce moth pheromone components when expressing biosynthetic genes from different origins.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2021 · PreprintBioengineering