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Molecular Biology of Chemical Defenses

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Producing chemicals is the primary way plants cope and thrive in diverse environments. Countless studies have examined the ingenious ways plants use chemistry, sometimes as direct weapons and other times as signals. This article collection provides some of the most recent developments in the study of plant chemical defenses. Subjects extended from single molecules to organisms and evolution, as well as areas involving responses to abiotic and biotic stresses, using either model or non-model plant species.

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  • Gen-ichiro Arimura Gen-ichiro Arimura  &

    Gen-ichiro Arimura

    PhD in Science at Hiroshima University in Japan (1998). Postdoc at Kyoto University (1998-2002), University of British Columbia in Canada (2002-2004), and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany, and Associate Professor at Kyoto University (2008-2013). Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Science (2013-2019) and Professor since 2019. His scientific interests are focused on the physiology and control of induced plant defenses, but more and more the complexity of the defense regulation has become his interest.

  • Abraham J. Koo Abraham J. Koo

    Abraham J. Koo

    Born in Seoul, South Korea. B.S. (1994) and M.S. (1999) at Korea University. PhD in Plant Biology at Michigan State University (2004). Postdoc at Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, MSU (2004-2009), Research Assistant Professor at MSU (2010-2012), and Assistant Professor at University of Missouri (2012-2018). Associate Professor in the Biochemistry Department at University of Missouri since 2018. His scientific interests are focused on the jasmonate signaling, lipid metabolism, metabolic engineering, and plant defense against pests.

Articles (21 in this collection)