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Classification of Terpenoids according to the Methylerythritolphosphate or the Mevalonate Pathway with Natural 12C/13C Isotope Ratios: Dynamic Allocation of Resources in Induced Plants
✍ Scribed by Andreas Jux; Gerd Gleixner; Wilhelm Boland
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-8249
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✦ Synopsis
Dedicated to Professor Ernst-G. Jäger on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Plant volatiles, whose biosynthesis is induced by feeding insects, may serve as markers to allow the parasites of the herbivores to find their hosts. [1,2] Thus, they benefit the plant indirectly, and have been called the ªplants cry for helpº. [3] Major constituents of such induced volatile blends include terpenoids, aromatic compounds, and degradation and transformation products derived from fatty acids. Mono-and diterpenoids are produced in the plastids from isopentenyl diphosphate (IDP) formed through the methylerythritol phosphate pathway (MEP pathway), while the IDP for