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Plant Ecochemicals from the Viewpoint of Plant Defense

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Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 33))

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Green plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites which play important roles in complex interactions among living organisms, such as plant-plant, plant-microorganism, and plant-insect, in the natural environment. Molisch (1937) coined the term allelopathy and defined it as all effects that are either directly or indirectly the results of chemicals transferred from one plant to another plant.1 Plants include algae, fungi, and the various microorganisms as well as higher plants. Both Waller (1989)2 and Rizvi and Rizvi (1992)3 included plant-insect and plant-higher animal interactions in the terms allelopathy and allelo-chemicals. Lovett has been articulate in pointing out that many of the same plant-produced chemicals that affect associated plants also influence other organisms, and he has proposed expanding the context of allelopathy.4,5 We proposed the new term “plant ecochemicals.”6 Plant ecochemicals are those originating from plants that may play important roles in complex interactions between plants and other plants, microorganisms, or animals. In this chapter, some plant ecochemicals we have worked on are discussed from the viewpoint of plant defense.

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Mizutani, J. (1999). Plant Ecochemicals from the Viewpoint of Plant Defense. In: Romeo, J.T. (eds) Phytochemicals in Human Health Protection, Nutrition, and Plant Defense. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 33. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4689-4_15

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