Chemical Signal In Plants Reduces Growth Processes In Favor Of Defense
Chemical Signal In Plants Reduces Growth Processes In Favor Of Defense Beta-cyclocitral produced by plants after herbivore attack increases defense responses while inhibiting the production of metabolites for growth. In a new study in PNAS, an international team of researchers including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown that Arabidopsis thaliana plants produce beta-cyclocitral when attacked by herbivores and that this volatile signal inhibits the methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. The MEP pathway is instrumental in plant growth processes, such as...
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