Plants are natural experts in organic synthesis, being able to generate large numbers of
specific metabolites with widely varying structures that help them adapt to variable survival …

Nicosulfuron is among the sulfonylurea herbicides that are widely used to control annual
and perennial grass weeds in cornfields. However, nicosulfuron residues in the environment …

Herbivorous insects are responsible for large losses to agriculture through feeding damage
itself but also by vectoring pathogens such as viruses. Plants have evolved various …

Gossypol and related sesquiterpene aldehydes in cotton function as defense compounds
but are antinutritional in cottonseed products. By transcriptome comparison and …

Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are variably distributed across taxa, tissues, and
ecological contexts; this variability has inspired many theories about PSM function, which to …

While the structures of plant primary metabolic pathways are generally well defined and
highly conserved across species, those defining specialized metabolism are less well …

Tremendous plant metabolic diversity arises from phylogenetically restricted specialized
metabolic pathways. Specialized metabolites are synthesized in dedicated cells or tissues …

Highlights•Solanaceae glandular trichomes produce structurally diverse insecticidal
acylsugars.•Diversity is achieved by enzyme promiscuity and core metabolic enzyme …

Background Plant-produced specialised metabolites are a powerful part of a plant's first line
of defence against herbivorous insects, bacteria and fungi. Wild ancestors of present-day …

Plants produce a staggering array of chemicals that are the basis for organismal function
and important human nutrients and medicines. However, it is poorly defined how these …