Jasmonic acid and ethylene crosstalk [Elektronische Ressource] : regulation of growth, defense and metabolisms in native tobacco Nicotiana attenuata in response to herbivory / von Nawaporn Onkokesung

Jasmonic acid and ethylene crosstalk: Regulation of growth, defense and metabolisms in native tobacco Nicotiana attenuata in response to herbivory Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena von Master of Science in Food Technology Nawaporn Onkokesung geboren am 16. Juli 1979 in Bangkok, Thailand Gutachter 1. Professor Ian T. Baldwin 2. Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Saluz 3. Professor Dr. Joerg Bahlmann Tag der öffentlichen Verteidigung: 10 März 2010 Table of contents I Table of contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Plant hormones 1 1.1.1 Jasmonates 1 1.1.2 Ethylene 2 1.1.3 Jasmonate-ethylene crosstalk 3 1.2 Plant secondary metabolites 4 1.3 Trade-off between growth and defense 4 1.4 Nicotiana attenuata 5 1.5 Objectives of the study 7 Chapter 2 Crosstalk between jasmonic acid and ethylene regulates growth and morphogenesis during simulated herbivory 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Results 10 2.3 Discussions 25 2.