Overview
- Reviews exhaustively the key recent research in plant secondary metabolites
- Elucidates the co-evolution of secondary metabolites with plant parasites, pollinators, and herbivores
- Broadens understanding of secondary metabolites in plant defence
Part of the book series: Reference Series in Phytochemistry (RSP)
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Table of contents (36 entries)
Keywords
- Defensive Metabolites
- Phytochemical diversity
- Allelochemicals
- Co-evolution of host-parasite metabolites
- Plant Defense against Herbivores
- Secondary metabolites in Pollination
- Fungus-Plant Interactions
- Insect-Plant Interactions
- Abiotic Stress
- Alien Plant Invasion
- Evolution of sensory perception
- Polyphenols
- Tannins
- Plant Elicitor Peptides
- Glycoalkaloid biosynthesis
- Plant secondary metabolites
About this book
This Reference Work is devoted to plant secondary metabolites and their evolutionary adaptation to different hosts and pests. Secondary metabolites play an important biological role in plants’ defence against herbivores, abiotic stresses and pathogens, and they also attract beneficial organisms such as pollinators. In this work, readers will find a comprehensive review of the phytochemical diversity, modification and adaptation of secondary metabolites, and the consequences of their co-evolution with plant parasites, pollinators, and herbivores.
Chapters from expert contributors are organised into twelve sections that collate the current knowledge in intra-/inter-specific diversity in plant secondary metabolites, changes in secondary metabolites during plants’ adaptation to different environmental conditions, and co-evolution of host-parasite metabolites. Among the twelve themed parts, readers will also discover expert analysis on the genetics and chemical ecology evolution ofsecondary metabolites, and particular attention is also given to allelochemicals, bioactive molecules in plant defence and the evolution of sensory perception in vertebrates. This reference work will appeal to students, researchers and professionals interested in the field of plant pathology, plant breeding, biotechnology, agriculture and phytochemistry.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Professor Dr. Kishan G. Ramawat is Former Professor & Head of the Botany Department, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India, and can look back on longstanding research experience. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology in 1978 from the University of Jodhpur, India and afterwards joined the university as a faculty member. In 1991 he moved to the M.L.Sukhadia University in Udaipur as Associate Professor and became Professor in 2001. He served as the Head of the Department of Botany (2001-2004, 2010-2012), was in charge of the Department of Biotechnology (2003-2004), was a member of the task force on medicinal and aromatic plants of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi (2002-2005) and coordinated UGC-DRS and DST-FIST programmes (2002-2012). Prof. Ramawat had done his postdoctoral studies at the University of Tours, France from 1983-85, and later returned to Tours as visiting professor (1991). He also visited the University of Bordeaux 2, France several times as visiting professor (1995, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2010), and in 2005 Poland in an academic exchange programme (2005). Through these visits in France, Prof. Ramawat and Prof. Mérillon established a strong connection, which has resulted in productive collaborations and several book and reference work publications. Prof. Ramawat has published more than 170 well cited peer reviewed papers and articles, and edited several books and reference works on topics such as the biotechnology of medicinal plants, secondary metabolites, bioactive molecules, herbal drugs, and many other topics. His research was funded by several funding agencies. In his research group, Prof. Ramawat has supervised doctoral thesis of 25 students. He is an active member of several academic bodies, associations and editorial boards of journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Co-Evolution of Secondary Metabolites
Editors: Jean-Michel Merillon, Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Series Title: Reference Series in Phytochemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76887-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Chemistry and Mat. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76887-8Due: 19 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2511-834X
Series E-ISSN: 2511-8358
Topics: Biotechnology, Plant Biochemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Plant Pathology, Plant Ecology, Medicinal Chemistry