Feeding by Herbivores Leads to a Slowdown in Growth Processes (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Feeding by Herbivores Leads to a Slowdown in Growth Processes

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Feeding by herbivores not only causes plants to produce defense compounds, but also leads to a slowdown in growth processes. Cleavage of beta-carotene (a photosynthetic pigment) via reactive forms of oxygen (ROS = reactive oxygen species), forms beta-cyclocitral (βCC), which directly inhibits the rate-controlling enzyme of the MEP pathway.

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Kimberly Falk, Moves Like Nature

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