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Allelopathy: The Chemical Language of Plants

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Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 112

Part of the book series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products ((POGRCHEM,volume 112))

Abstract

In Nature, the oldest method of communication between living systems is the chemical language. Plants, due to their lack of mobility, have developed the most sophisticated way of chemical communication. Despite that many examples involve this chemical communication process—allelopathy, there is still a lack of information about specific allelochemicals released into the environment, their purpose, as well as in-depth studies on the chemistry underground. These findings are critical to gain a better understanding of the role of these compounds and open up a wide range of possibilities and applications, especially in agriculture and phytomedicine. The most relevant aspects regarding the chemical language of plants, namely kind of allelochemicals, have been investigated, as well as their releasing mechanisms and their purpose will be described in this chapter.

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This research was supported by the “Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad” (Project AGL2017-88083-R), Spain.

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Macías, F.A., Durán, A.G., Molinillo, J.M.G. (2020). Allelopathy: The Chemical Language of Plants. In: Kinghorn, A.D., Falk, H., Gibbons, S., Kobayashi, J., Asakawa, Y., Liu, JK. (eds) Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 112. Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, vol 112. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52966-6_1

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