• Hydroxyacetophenone defenses in white spruce against spruce budworm 

      Parent, Geneviève J.; Méndez-Espinoza, Claudia; Giguère, Isabelle; Mageroy, Melissa; Charest, Martin; Bauce, Éric; Bohlmann, Joerg; MacKay, John J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-23)
      We review a recently discovered white spruce (Picea glauca) chemical defense against spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) involving hydroxyacetophenones. These defense metabolites detected in the foliage accumulate ...
    • In vivo function of Pgβglu-1 in the release of acetophenones in white spruce 

      Mageroy, Melissa; Lachance, Denis; Jancsik, Sharon; Parent, Genevieve; Seguin, Armand; Mackay, John; Bohlmann, Joerg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-07)
      Eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferiana Clemens) (ESBW) is a major forest pest which feeds on young shoots of white spruce (Picea glauca) and can cause landscape level economic and ecological losses. Release of ...