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JASMONATE (JA) SUPPRESSION. "Necrotrophic pathogens, such as B. cinerea, have evolved strategies to overcome the host defence system by negotiating the SA–JA cross-talk." https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

PRIORITIZED DEFENSES. "Plants survive in response to interactions between multiple attackers by prioritizing a specific signalling pathway and rewiring the hormone signalling network." Not a trivial undertaking. https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

PLANT JASMONATE. "Mechanical damage results in large increases (~25 fold) in JA and JA-Ila accumulation within 5 minutes of tissue injury." This remarkable response is testament to a sentient defense system. https://lnkd.in/eKj_2Vj View in LinkedIn

PLANTS SMELL PARASITES. "Each pathogen produces a particular mixture of elicitors, which are sometimes accompanied by suppressors, and these molecules interact with receptors on the host cells that further translate the primary signal into particular events in the plasma membrane, the cytosol, and/or the nucleus." https://lnkd.in/erjTj6Y View in LinkedIn

PLANTS SMELL PARASITES. "Elicitors secreted by or released from microbial invaders are the primary signal for induction of plant defense responses." https://lnkd.in/erjTj6Y View in LinkedIn

SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE PARASITE. "Accumulation of JA and SA is circadian-regulated in different phases, and cabbage loopers (Trichoplusia) feed rhythmically on plants grown in light/dark cycles with only moderate tissue damage." https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE PARASITE. "Plants such as Arabidopsis synchronize defence against herbivores by circadian JA accumulation with circadian insect behavior." https://lnkd.in/edPEBi9 View in LinkedIn

DEFENSE PRIMING. "Although induced defenses allow plants to avoid the costs of implementing defenses in the absence of enemies, plants may suffer considerable damage during the time required to mount defenses once attack occurs." https://lnkd.in/eabgX9e View in LinkedIn

MASSIVE MOLECULAR MACHINERY. Plant jasmonate (JA) "exerts its protective effects by regulating a wide range of defense-related processes, including the synthesis of toxic secondary metabolites, production of morphological barriers, and changes in the rate of vegetative growth. JA responses depend on large-scale changes in gene expression." https://lnkd.in/eKj_2Vj View in LinkedIn

INTERSPECIFIC COMMUNICATION. "Volatile phytochemicals can serve as airborne semiochemicals, promoting or deterring interactions between plants and insect herbivores. For example, wheat seedlings without herbivore damage attract aphids, whereas odors released from wheat seedlings with a high density of aphids repel other aphids." https://lnkd.in/etUrY6F View in LinkedIn