The plant hormone jasmonate coordinates immune and growth responses to increase plant
survival in unpredictable environments. The core jasmonate signaling pathway comprises …

Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

Plants have been interacting with insects for several hundred million years, leading to
complex defense approaches against various insect feeding strategies. Some defenses are …

Wounded leaves communicate their damage status to one another through a poorly
understood process of long-distance signalling. This stimulates the distal production of …

Background Jasmonates are important regulators in plant responses to biotic and abiotic
stresses as well as in development. Synthesized from lipid-constituents, the initially formed …

The capacity to perceive and respond is integral to biological immune systems, but to what
extent can plants specifically recognize and respond to insects? Recent findings suggest …

Plants cannot avoid being attacked by an almost infinite number of microorganisms and
insects. Consequently, they arm themselves with molecular weapons against their attackers …

Highly efficient tissue repair is pivotal for surviving damage-associated stress. Plants
generate callus upon injury to heal wound sites, yet regulatory mechanisms of tissue repair …

Highlights•Antagonism between growth and defense is genetically programmed.•Jasmonate
controls carbon partitioning between primary and specialized metabolism.•Carbon sensing …

Insect herbivory causes severe damage to plants and threatens the world's food production.
During evolutionary adaptation, plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to rapidly …