@INBOOK{IPB-62, author = {Tissier, A. and Ziegler, J. and Vogt, T. and}, title = {{Ecological Biochemistry: Environmental and Interspecies Interactions}}, year = {2015}, pages = {14-37}, chapter = {{Specialized Plant Metabolites: Diversity and Biosynthesis}}, editor = {Krauss, G.-J. \& Nies, D. H., eds.}, doi = {10.1002/9783527686063.ch2}, abstract = {Plant secondary metabolites, also termed specialized plant metabolites, currently comprise more than 200 000 natural products that are all based on a few biosynthetic pathways and key primary metabolites. Some pathways like flavonoid and terpenoid biosynthesis are universally distributed in the plant kingdom, whereas others like alkaloid or cyanogenic glycoside biosynthesis are restricted to a limited set of taxa. Diversification is achieved by an array of mechanisms at the genetic and enzymatic level including gene duplications, substrate promiscuity of enzymes, cell‐specific regulatory systems, together with modularity and combinatorial aspects. Specialized metabolites reflect adaptations to a specific environment. The observed diversity illustrates the heterogeneity and multitude of ecological habitats and niches that plants have colonized so far and constitutes a reservoir of potential new metabolites that may provide adaptive advantage in the face of environmental changes. The code that connects the observed chemical diversity to this ecological diversity is largely unknown. One way to apprehend this diversity is to realize its tremendous plasticity and evolutionary potential. This chapter presents an overview of the most widespread and popular secondary metabolites, which provide a definite advantage to adapt to or to colonize a particular environment, making the boundary between the “primary” and the “secondary” old fashioned and blurry.} } @INBOOK{IPB-85, author = {Wasternack, C. and Hause, B. and}, title = {{Festkolloquium der Leopoldina anlässlich des 80. Geburtstages von Herrn Altpräsidenten Benno Parthier}}, year = {2013}, pages = {29-38}, chapter = {{Benno Parthier und die Jasmonatforschung in Halle}}, journal = {Nova Acta Leopoldina}, editor = {Hacker, J., ed.}, url = {https://www.leopoldina.org/publikationen/detailansicht/publication/festkolloquium-der-leopoldina-anlaesslich-des-80-geburtstages-von-herrn-altpraesidenten-benno-parthie/}, volume = {Supplementum Nr. 28}, } @INBOOK{IPB-126, author = {Wasternack, C. and}, title = {{Plant Hormone Signaling}}, year = {2006}, pages = {185-228}, chapter = {{Oxylipins: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction and Action}}, journal = {Annu. Plant Rev.}, doi = {10.1002/9780470988800.ch7}, volume = {24}, abstract = {This chapter contains sections titled:Introductionα‐Dioxygenase, phytoprostanes and electrophile compoundsThe LOX pathwayMutants in JA biosynthesis and in JA signalingJA, OPDA and related compounds in plant‐defense reactionsJA in developmentConcluding remarksAcknowledgements} }