Plant interactions

Report of the Research Planning Conference on the Role of Secondary Canpounds in Plant Interactions (Allelopathy)."... 

Chemical manipulation of phenolic allelochemical production in plants has two potential values 1) for study of the role of phenolic allelochemicals in plant interactions with other organisms and 2) to alter such interactions for agricultural purposes. The first of these uses has already been accomplished on a limited scale (21, 22, 50, 51, 84, 86), however, there is no published evidence of the latter. This does not mean that herbicide and growth regulator-influences on plant secondary metabolism do not affect agricultural ecosystems by changing allelochemic compositions of plants. It is likely that this is the case, but it... 

Sublethal doses of these compounds can drastically alter the phenolic compound content of higher plants. This type of manipulation is a direct method for determining the role of these compounds in plant interactions with their biological environment that should be exploited. 

Singhakant, C., Koottatep, T., and Satayavivad, J., Enhance arsenic removals through plant interactions in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 44 (2), 163-169, 2009. 

Parry, A. D. and Edwards, R. (1994). Characterization of o-glucosyltransferases with activities toward phenolic substrates in alfalfa. Phytochemistry 37 655-661. Phamdelegue, M. H., Loublier, Y., Ducruet, V., Douault, P., Marilleau, R. and Etievant, P. (1994). Characterization of chemicals involved in honeybee-plant interactions. Grana 33 184-190. 

Jones, D.A. 1988. Cyanogenesis in animal-plant interactions. Pages 151-170 in D. Evered and S. Harnett (eds.). Cyanide Compounds in Biology. Ciba Found. Sympos. 140. John Wiley, Chichester. 

Ingestion of hallucinogenic plant alkaloids and allied compounds does not always result in death. Many grazing animals display paresis, ataxia, dullness, and a tendency to isolate themselves from the herd. Some animals appear to act bizarre. Observations of such animal-plant interactions could have provided man with much information about hallucinogens. 

Ueda H, Matsuda K (2011) VOC-mediated within-plant communications and nonvolatile systemic signals upregulate pyrethrin biosynthesis in wounded seedlings of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium. J Plant Interact 6 89-91... 

MODEL SIMULATIONS OF SEWER AND TREATMENT PLANT INTERACTIONS... 

Model Simulations of Sewer and Treatment Plant Interactions 215... 

Waterman PG, Mole S (1989) Extrinsic factors influencing production of secondary metabolites in plants. In Bernays EA (ed) Insect-plant interactions. CRC, Boca Raton, FL, pp 107-164 Weidner K, Lages BG, da Gama BAP, Molis M, Wahl M, Pereira RC (2004) Effect of mesograz-ers and nutrient levels on induction of defenses in several Brazilian macroalgae. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 283 113-125... 

Attractive Compounds. Despite the fact that defence chemistry and insect-plant interactions have been extensively investigated in many leaf beetle species, not too much is known about the chemical background of intraspecific communication. 

Bell, A. A. In "Report of the Research Planning Conference on the Role of Secondary Compounds in Plant Interactions (Allelopathy)" McWhorter, C. G. Thompson, A. C. Hauser, E. W. Eds. USDA, Agricultural Research Service Tifton, Georgia, 1977 pp. 64-69. 

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