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[1,2-c-13]jasmonic acid
Nicotiana (wounding)
Nicotine
Signal transduction
Wounding
Inhibitor (methyl salicylate, indole acetic acid).
Gene-expression
Alkaloid production
Enzyme-activities
Tomato leaves
Wild tobacco
Pathway
Plants
Defense
Biosynthesis
Allocation.
Animal & plant sciences. Plant sciences.
Abstract:
Jasmonic acid (JA) is thought to be part of a signal-transduction pathway which dramatically increases de-novo nicotine synthesis in the roots and increases whole-plant (WP) nicotine pools in response to the wounding of the leaves in Nicotiana sylvestli