Plant specialized terpenoids are natural products that have no obvious role in growth and
development, but play many important functional roles to improve the plant's overall fitness …

<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Terpenoids (isoprenoids) represent the largest
and most diverse class of chemicals among the myriad compounds produced by plants …

Conifers have evolved complex oleoresin terpene defenses against herbivores and
pathogens. In co‐evolved bark beetles, conifer terpenes also serve chemo‐ecological …

The (seco) iridoids and their derivatives, the monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs), form
two large families of plant-derived bioactive compounds with a wide spectrum of high-value …

Terpenoids constitute one of the largest and most chemically diverse classes of primary and
secondary metabolites in nature with an exceptional breadth of functional roles in plants …

Volatile terpenoids released from different plant parts play crucial roles in pollinator
attraction, plant defense, and interaction with the surrounding environment. Two distinct …

In aromatic plants species, biosynthesis of essential oils occurs through two complex natural
biochemical pathways involving different enzymatic reactions. Isopentenyl diphosphate …

White spruce (Picea glauca), a gymnosperm tree, has been established as one of the
models for conifer genomics. We describe the draft genome assemblies of two white spruce …

Terpenoids constitute the largest class of plant primary and secondary metabolites with a
broad range of biological and ecological functions. They are synthesized from isopentenyl …

Terpenes constitute the largest class of plant secondary (or specialized) metabolites, which
are compounds of ecological function in plant defense or the attraction of beneficial …