Inducible Tomato Defences Persist in Detached Leaves, Despite Differential Plant Variety and Gene-dependent Expression

<b>Summary</b>The data and scripts presented were used to assess the relevance of plant integrity in plant-herbivore interactions. Using spider mites (<i>Tetranhycus urticae</i>) we examined the induction of direct plant defences after short infestations in intact and detached leaves of two tomato varieties (Castlemart and Moneymaker). We also tested whether induced defences persisted in detached leaves after long-term infestations. To test this, we measured the expression of plant defence-related genes PPO-D and PI-IIc (involved in the jasmonate signal pathway) and PR-1a (involved in the salicylic acid signal pathway).<br><b>Files available</b>We provide two dataset files (.csv):Dataset_entire_detached_defencesDataset_detached_long_infestWe also provide two script files (.Rmd):Script_IntactvsDetachedScript_detached_long_infest<br>