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Chapter 13: Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defense
Topics
- Topic 13.1, Cutin, Waxes, and Suberin
- Topic 13.2, Structure of Various Triterpenes
- Topic 13.3, The Shikimic Acid Pathway
- Topic 13.4, Detailed Chemical Structure of a Portion of a Lignin Molecule
- Topic 13.5, Chapter Thirteen References
Essays
- Essay 13.1, Engineering Fruit Aromas - Gepstein Shimon, Department of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Lewinsohn Efraim, Newe Ya′ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel (September 2006)
- Essay 13.2, Secondary Metabolites and Allelopathy in Plant Invasions: A Case Study of Centaurea maculosa - Amanda K. Broz and Jorge M. Vivanco, Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Matthew J. Schultz, Forest Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Laura G. Perry and Mark W. Paschke, Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, and Forest Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Fort Collins, CO, USA (September 2006)
- Essay 13.3, Alkaloid-Making Fungal Symbionts - Christopher L. Schardl, Jimmy D. Blankenship, Caroline Machado, & Martin J. Spiering, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington (May 2006)
- Essay 13.4, Early Signaling Events in the Plant Wound Response - Massimo Maffei, Plant Physiology Unit, Department of Plant Biology, University of Turin, Innovation Centre, Via Quarello 11/A 10135 Turin, Italy (August 2010)
- Essay 13.5, Jasmonates and Other Fatty Acid-Derived Signaling Pathways in the Plant Defense Response - Jurgen Engelberth, Deptartment of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (February 2011)
- Essay 13.6, The Systemin Receptor - Justin M. Scheer, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University (August 2010)
- Essay 13.7, The Plant Volatilome - Massimo Maffei, Plant Physiology Unit, Department of Plant Biology, University of Turin, Innovation Centre, Turin, Italy (May 2011)
- Essay 13.8, Unraveling the Function of Secondary Metabolites (May 2006)
- Essay 13.9, Smelling the Danger and Getting Prepared: Volatile Signals as Priming Agents in Defense Response - Jurgen Engelberth, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA (September 2006)