Wild tobacco mutants are more susceptible to insect attack but grow faster, shows study

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Aug 21, 2023, 7:00 pm145 pts
Plants are not exposed to herbivores without defenses. When an insect feeds on a leaf, thereby wounding it and releasing oral secretions, a signaling cascade is elicited in the plant, usually starting with a rapid increase in the amount of the plant hormone jasmonic acid and its active isoleucine conjugate.…

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