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Induced defense; nicotiana-sylvestris; nicotine; damage signal; jasmonic acid; methyl jasmonate; electric signal
Methyl jasmonate; proteinase-inhibitors; gene-expression; tomato leaves; wild tobacco; plant; biosynthesis; responses; cultures; signals
Abstract:
Leaf damage by herbivores in Nicotiana sylvestris Spegazzini and Comes (Solanaceae) produces a damage signal that dramatically increases de novo nicotine synthesis in the roots. The increased synthesis leads to increases in whole-plant nicotine pools, w