Plant Secondary Metabolites as Defenses, Regulators, and Primary Metabolites: The Blurred
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Diverse molecular processes regulate the interactions between plants and insect
herbivores. Here, we review genes and proteins that are involved in plant–herbivore …

The plant hormone jasmonate coordinates immune and growth responses to increase plant
survival in unpredictable environments. The core jasmonate signaling pathway comprises …

Research on the ecological and evolutionary roles of phytochemicals has recently
progressed from studying single compounds to examining chemical diversity itself. A key …

As they develop, many plants deploy shifts in antiherbivore defense allocation due to
changing costs and benefits of their defensive traits. Plant defenses are known to be primed …

Ontogenetic shifts in plants are ubiquitous, but their ecological and evolutionary significance
remain largely unknown. Juveniles have few opportunities to accumulate sufficient biomass …

Photoperiod-sensitive plants such as soybean (Glycine max) often face threats from
herbivorous insects throughout their whole growth period and especially during flowering; …

To achieve ecological and reproductive success, plants need to mitigate a multitude of
stressors. The stressors encountered by plants are highly dynamic but typically vary …

Discontent about changes in species classifications has grown in recent years. Many of
these changes are seen as arbitrary, stemming from unjustified conceptual and …

Age affects the content of flavonoids in ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.) leaves, such that only 1-to-
5-year-old ginkgo leaves are suitable for the extraction of medicinal compounds …