Milkweed Herbivore Defense Tolerance Data with Chemical Characterization

Data from Cornell University supports a manuscript on tissue-specific defense-offense interactions between milkweed and its specialized herbivores. It contains residual enzymatic activity and IC50 measurements for three cardenolide-tolerant insects and a non-tolerant fruit fly across five plant tissues. The dataset includes chemical characterization by HPLC of different Asclepias curassavica plant parts.

Use Cases

• Modeling insect tolerance to plant defenses based on residual enzymatic activity data.
• Comparing inhibitory concentration (IC50) across different milkweed tissue extracts.
• Analyzing the relationship between cardenolide concentration and enzyme inhibition across plant parts.
• Characterizing the chemical profile of Asclepias curassavica tissues using HPLC data.

Strengths

• Includes data for three cardenolide-tolerant insect species and a non-tolerant control (fruit fly).
• Covers five distinct plant tissues: roots, leaves, flower buds, seeds, and latex.
• Provides multiple related measurements: enzymatic activity, IC50, tissue mass, and cardenolide concentration.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cornell University

Collection Method

Input data used to generate results for a manuscript under publication, likely from laboratory assays and HPLC analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

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