Methyl jasmonate elicits rapid changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tomato

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 835-844

  Gómez, Sara ^a,c   Ferrieri, Richard A ^b   Schueller, Michael ^b   Orians, Colin M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon transport; Herbivory; Induced defense; Methyl jasmonate (MeJA); Nitrogen transport; Resource mobilization; Resource sequestration; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NITROGEN; OXYLIPIN;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BUFFERING; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; RADIONUCLIDE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; VEGETABLE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; STAINING; TOMATO;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CYCLOPENTANES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYLIPINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; STAINING AND LABELING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77958584080     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03414.x     Document Type: Article

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