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Jasmonates

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Plant Hormones

Abstract

Jasmonic acid (JA1) and its volatile methyl ester, MeJA, are fatty acidderived cyclopentanones that occur ubiquitously in the plant kingdom. Since the discovery of jasmonates (JAs) in plants over 40 years ago, our understanding of the biosynthesis and physiological function of these compounds has been marked by several major developments. Experiments performed in the 1980s elucidated the JA biosynthetic pathway and demonstrated that exogenous JAs exert effects on a wide range of physiological processes. The discovery in the early 1990s that JAs act as potent signals for the expression of defensive proteinase inhibitors (PIs) aroused intense interest in the function of hormonally active JAs in plant defense.

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Howe, G.A. (2010). Jasmonates. In: Davies, P.J. (eds) Plant Hormones. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2686-7_28

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