title: Jasmonate signalling in plants shapes plant-insect interaction ecology.
abstract: The phytohormone jasmonic acid (JA) regulates the induction of direct and indirect defences against herbivores. By now, the biochemical pathway of JA-signalling has been well resolved, allowing the use of an interdisciplinary toolbox and spurring the mechanistic investigation of plant-insect interactions. Recent advances show that JA-mediated plant responses are involved in the competitive and trophic interactions between various organisms throughout at least four trophic levels and therefore likely shape natural communities. Moreover, JA-mediated responses can be primed or suppressed by various environmental factors that are related to herbivory or not. Yet, to integrate the complex interactions at the physiological and ecological levels into community ecology, an examination of the often onetime discoveries for general rules and new bioinformatic approaches are required.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Ecology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Institute of Biology/Freie Universität Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, Berlin 12163, Germany. Electronic address: tobias.lortzing@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lortzing
authors.affiliation: Molecular Ecology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Institute of Biology/Freie Universität Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, Berlin 12163, Germany. Electronic address: a.steppuhn@fu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steppuhn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000378:metabolism; D060434:Herbivory; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology*; D054883:Oxylipins / Q000378:metabolism; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D003517:Cyclopentanes; D054883:Oxylipins; C011006:jasmonic acid