MAPK-dependent JA and SA signalling in <it>Nicotiana attenuata</it> affects plant growth and fitness during competition with conspecifics

MAPK-dependent JA and SA signalling in <it>Nicotiana attenuata</it> affects plant growth and fitness during competition with conspecifics

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Induced defense responses to herbivores are generally believed to have evolved as cost-saving strategies that defer the fitness costs of defense metabolism until these defenses are needed. The fitness costs of jasmonate (JA)-mediated...

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Main Authors: Meldau Stefan, Ullman-Zeunert Lynn, Govind Geetha, Bartram Stefan, Baldwin Ian T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Fitness costs
Induced defense
MAPK
Herbivory
<it>Nicotiana attenuata</it>
Salicylic acid
Jasmonic acid
Ethylene
Nitrogen
Photosynthesis
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/213

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