Concepts

Reciprocal antagonism between plant hormone pathways where jasmonic acid suppresses salicylic acid pathway and vice versa

Plant ability to produce new volatile organic compounds or change other chemical characteristics when damaged, with these chemicals communicating damage to other parts of the same plant and other plan...

Internal aboveground symbionts living within plant tissues that can produce alkaloids for plant defense

Feeding behavior where insect larvae create tunnels within plant leaves between epidermal layers

Suite of plant responses to shade including stem elongation, reduced branching, and accelerated flowering to compete for light

Limitations on evolutionary divergence imposed by genetic architecture and patterns of genetic covariation

Environmental gradient of light availability from open sun through intermediate shade to deep shade habitats