plant defense against herbivory

Allelochemicals with negative allelopathic effects are an important part of plant defense against herbivory.

Myrmecophily is considered a form of indirect plant defense against herbivory, though ants often provide other services in addition to protection.

Secondary metabolites often play an important role in plant defense against herbivory and other interspecies defenses.

It accumulates in oil glands, pistils, and fruits, probably as a plant defense against herbivory.

In nature, it is possible that PCOs serve as a plant defense against herbivory.

Plant defense against herbivory.

Some trees have extrafloral nectary that provide food for ants, which in turn plant defense against herbivory the plant from herbivorous insects.

The caffeine in coffee "beans" is a natural plant defense against herbivory, i.e. a toxic substance that protects the seeds of the plant.

Whereas some benzoxazinoids are constitutively present, others are only synthesised following herbivore infestation, and thus, considered inducible plant defenses against herbivory.

In particular, JAs are critical for plant defense against herbivory and plant responses to poor environmental conditions and other kinds of abiotic and biotic challenges.

Condensed tannins inhibit herbivore digestion by binding to consumed plant proteins and making them more difficult for animals to digest, and by interfering with protein absorption and digestive enzymes (for more on that topic, see plant defense against herbivory).

The study of plant defenses against herbivory is important, not only from an evolutionary view point, but also in the direct impact that these defenses have on agriculture, including human and livestock food sources; as beneficial 'biological control agents' in biological pest control programs; as well as in the search for plants of medical importance.