Plants know where it hurts: root and shoot jasmonic acid induction elicit differential responses in Brassica oleracea.

Plants respond to herbivore attack by rapidly inducing defenses that are mainly regulated by jasmonic acid (JA). Due to the systemic nature of induced defenses, attack by root herbivores can also result in a shoot response and vice versa, causing interactions between above- and belowground herbivore...

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Main Authors: Tom O G Tytgat, Koen J F Verhoeven, Jeroen J Jansen, Ciska E Raaijmakers, Tanja Bakx-Schotman, Lauren M McIntyre, Wim H van der Putten, Arjen Biere, Nicole M van Dam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23776489/?tool=EBI