Oxylipin phytohormones in plant insect interactions: action and metabolism of jasmonic acid and 12-oxophytodienoic acid in plants and insects [Elektronische Ressource] / von Paulina Anna Da̧browska

OXYLIPIN PHYTOHORMONES IN PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS: ACTION AND METABOLISM OF JASMONIC ACID AND 12-OXOPHYTODIENOIC ACID IN PLANTS AND INSECTS Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Chemisch-Geowissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Diplom Chemikerin Paulina Anna Dąbrowska geboren am 02.05.1980 in Warschau Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Boland Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 2. Prof. Dr. Rainer Beckert Institut für Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie, Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena 3. Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Wittko Francke Abteilung für Organomeereschemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg Tag der öffentlichen Verteidigung: 25.03.2009 “I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.” Maria Skłodowska - Curie (1867 – 1934) Contents__________________________________________________________1 Contents Abbreviations and symbols 3 1. General introduction 5 1.1. Phytohormones regulating plant defenses 5 1.1.1. Jasmonates 6 1.1.2.