Changes in "natural antibiotic" metabolite composition during tetraploid wheat domestication

Abstract Gramineous plants protect their seeds from a variety of biotic stresses by producing toxic and deterrent secondary metabolites such as benzoxazinoids. It is unclear how the composition and abundance of these natural toxins has changed over the course of crop-plant domestication. To address...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuval Ben-Abu, Mark Itsko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98764-5