Why do plants produce so many terpenoid compounds?

Metabolomics in the Rhizosphere: Tapping into Belowground Chemical Communication

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Strigolactones, a Novel Carotenoid-Derived Plant Hormone

(2015) Salim Al-Babili et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Activity-based protein profiling of microbes

(2015) Natalie C Sadler et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

The raison d'être of chemical ecology

(2015) Robert A. Raguso et al.   ECOLOGY

The Glucosinolate Biosynthetic Gene AOP2 Mediates Feed-back Regulation of Jasmonic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis

(2015) Meike Burow et al.   Molecular Plant

Allocate carbon for a reason: Priorities are reflected in the 13C/12C ratios of plant lipids synthesized via three independent biosynthetic pathways

(2015) Youping Zhou et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Photosynthetic terpene hydrocarbon production for fuels and chemicals

(2015) Xin Wang et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A two-component enzyme complex is required for dolichol biosynthesis in tomato

(2015) Megan I. Brasher et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Knocking Down of Isoprene Emission Modifies the Lipid Matrix of Thylakoid Membranes and Influences the Chloroplast Ultrastructure in Poplar

(2015) Violeta Velikova et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phytochemical diversity drives plant–insect community diversity

(2015) Lora A. Richards et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Na+/K+-ATPase resistance and cardenolide sequestration: basal adaptations to host plant toxins in the milkweed bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae)

(2015) C. Bramer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

To Gibberellins and Beyond! Surveying the Evolution of (Di)Terpenoid Metabolism

(2014) Jiachen Zi et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

A Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) Homolog of Human Nogo-B Receptor Interacts withcis-Prenyltransferase and Is Necessary for Natural Rubber Biosynthesis

(2014) Yang Qu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

STEPWISE EVOLUTION OF RESISTANCE TO TOXIC CARDENOLIDES VIA GENETIC SUBSTITUTIONS IN THE NA+/K+-ATPASE OF MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: DANAINI)

(2013) Georg Petschenka et al.   EVOLUTION

The Biosynthetic Origin of Irregular Monoterpenes inLavandula

(2013) Zerihun A. Demissie et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Terpenes Tell Different Tales at Different Scales: Glimpses into the Chemical Ecology of Conifer - Bark Beetle - Microbial Interactions

(2013) Kenneth F. Raffa   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Volatile Organic Compound Mediated Interactions at the Plant-Microbe Interface

(2013) Robert R. Junker et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Diversification of the monoterpene synthase gene family (TPSb) in Protium, a highly diverse genus of tropical trees

(2013) Felipe Zapata et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

From Squalene to Brassinolide: The Steroid Metabolic and Signaling Pathways across the Plant Kingdom

(2013) Cécile Vriet et al.   Molecular Plant

Gene Coexpression Analysis Reveals Complex Metabolism of the Monoterpene Alcohol Linalool in Arabidopsis Flowers

(2013) J.-F. Ginglinger et al.   PLANT CELL

Petuniaflowers solve the defence/apparency dilemma of pollinator attraction by deploying complex floral blends

(2012) Danny Kessler et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Transformation of terpenes into fine chemicals

(2012) Wilfried Schwab et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LIPID SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An alternative route to cyclic terpenes by reductive cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis

(2012) Fernando Geu-Flores et al.   NATURE

Toxic cardenolides: chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions

(2012) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Glucosinolate structures in evolution

(2012) Niels Agerbirk et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

The importance of root-produced volatiles as foraging cues for entomopathogenic nematodes

(2012) Ted C. J. Turlings et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Convergent Evolution in Plant Specialized Metabolism

(2011) Eran Pichersky et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Floral Odor Bouquet Loses its Ant Repellent Properties After Inhibition of Terpene Biosynthesis

(2011) Robert R. Junker et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Floral scents repel facultative flower visitors, but attract obligate ones

(2010) Robert R. Junker et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The evolution of floral scent and insect chemical communication

(2010) Florian P. Schiestl   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The multiple faces of indirect defences and their agents of natural selection

(2010) André Kessler et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Jasmonate and ppHsystemin Regulate Key Malonylation Steps in the Biosynthesis of 17-Hydroxygeranyllinalool Diterpene Glycosides, an Abundant and Effective Direct Defense against Herbivores in Nicotiana attenuata

(2010) S. Heiling et al.   PLANT CELL

Latex: A Model for Understanding Mechanisms, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Defense Against Herbivory

(2009) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Antimicrobial efficacy of eucalyptus oil and 1,8-cineole alone and in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate against microorganisms grown in planktonic and biofilm cultures

(2009) E. R. Hendry et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The evolution of antiherbivore defenses and their contribution to species coexistence in the tropical tree genus Inga

(2009) T. A. Kursar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Macroevolutionary patterns of defense and pollination in Dalechampia vines: Adaptation, exaptation, and evolutionary novelty

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Macroevolutionary chemical escalation in an ancient plant-herbivore arms race

(2009) J. X. Becerra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for adaptive radiation from a phylogenetic study of plant defenses

(2009) A. A. Agrawal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Marine Chemical Ecology: Chemical Signals and Cues Structure Marine Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems

(2008) Mark E. Hay   Annual Review of Marine Science

Evolution of latex and its constituent defensive chemistry in milkweeds (Asclepias): a phylogenetic test of plant defense escalation

(2008) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Eucalyptus essential oil as a natural pesticide

(2008) Daizy R. Batish et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Responses of the Pollinating Wasp Ceratosolen solmsi marchali to Odor Variation Between Two Floral Stages of Ficus hispida

(2008) Chun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Facing the Future of Plant-Insect Interaction Research: Le Retour a la "Raison d'Etre"

(2008) M. R. Berenbaum et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Field Experiments with Transformed Plants Reveal the Sense of Floral Scents

(2008) D. Kessler et al.   SCIENCE

Desmodium species and associated biochemical traits for controlling Striga species: present and future prospects

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