The functions of phenylpropanoid compounds in plant defence range from preformed or
inducible physical and chemical barriers against infection to signal molecules involved in …

Metabolic processes in plants are key components of physiological and biochemical
disease resistance. Metabolomics, the analysis of a broad range of small molecule …

In response to biotic stress, crosstalk between plant hormonal signaling pathways prioritizes
defense over other cellular functions. Some plant pathogens take advantage of this …

Introduction: Plants do not grow in isolation, rather they are hosts to a variety of microbes in
their natural environments. While, few thrive in the plants for their own benefit, others may …

This book coordinates the research from two disciplines relating to the transduction signals
plants use to mediate induced responses to pathogens and herbivores. Forty-four scientists …

Recent advances along numerous research avenues show that plant interactions with
biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens use similar pathways with opposing effects. The …

Trade-offs between plant growth and defense depend on environmental resource
availability. Plants are predicted to prioritize growth when environmental resources are …

To overcome the attack of invading pathogens, a plant's defence system relies on preformed
and induced responses. The induced responses are activated following detection of a …

Highlights•Resources scarcity leads to tradeoffs regulation by plants.•Plant developmental
programs are constrained to tradeoffs with defense systems.•Small molecules hormones …

Plants, like animals, have inducible disease resistance mechanisms. Induction of systemic
protection in plants results in non-specific sensitization to fungal, bacterial and viral agents …