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Co-evolution of Secondary Metabolites During Biological Competition for Survival and Advantage: An Overview

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Plants produce secondary metabolites which are involved in several biological processes and interactions with other organisms from microbes to insects to higher plants. These processes are variously termed as plant-plant interaction, allelopathy, herbivory, parasitism and mutualism, and induction of plant protection by other microorganisms. Plants are under selection pressure to protect themselves from herbivores/parasites, whereas herbivores/parasites struggle for their survival from plant defense to obtain food and reproduction site. Plants develop defense mechanism from herbivores over a period of 400 million years. Therefore, both develop various strategies to adapt and adjust with changing environment. In this introductory chapter, a brief review of co-evolution of secondary metabolites not only to complete the biological process but also to compete with each other for survival is presented.

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Ramawat, K.G., Goyal, S. (2019). Co-evolution of Secondary Metabolites During Biological Competition for Survival and Advantage: An Overview. In: Merillon, JM., Ramawat, K. (eds) Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76887-8_45-1

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