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Jasmonic acid (endogenous)
Nicotiana sylvestris
Nicotine (accumulation)
Optimal defence theory
Wounding (degree, distribution).
Wild tobacco
Alkaloidal responses
Gene-expression
Leaf
Accumulation
Constraints
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Plant sciences.
Abstract:
Tn Nicotiana sylvestris Spegazzini and Comes (Solanaceae), we examined the relationships among wounding, endogenous leaf jasmonic acid (JA) pools, and whole-plant (WP) nicotine accumulation over a range of wounding intensities and spatial distributions,