News about a plant hormone
Monday, December 10, 2018 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Jasmonic acid gives the plant Jasminum grandiflorum its characteristic odor and is used in the cosmetics and perfume industries. Plants wounded by things like chewing herbivores produce jasmonic acid as a defense signal, as a phytohormone to mount their defense responses—this includes the formation of toxic substances. They even employ volatile derivatives of jasmonic acid to warn their neighbors to fight the rising threat in time.