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Growth and Parasite Defence in Plants; the Balance between Resource Sequestration and Retention: In Lieu of a Guest Editorial
Author(s) -
Matyssek R.,
Schnyder H.,
Elstner E.F.,
Munch J.C.,
Pretzsch H.,
Sandermann H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 1435-8603
DOI - 10.1055/s-2002-25742
Subject(s) - biology , context (archaeology) , balance (ability) , resource (disambiguation) , resistance (ecology) , parasite hosting , plant growth , ecology , natural resource economics , botany , economics , neuroscience , computer network , paleontology , world wide web , computer science
A hypothesis on regulation of the balance between growth and parasite defence in plants is formulated, namely that plants regulate their resource allocation in a way where stress tolerance and resistance inherently lead to constraints on growth and competitiveness. Seven reviews and the subsequent article in this issue of Plant Biology contributing to this problem are briefly introduced in context.