Many cereals accumulate hydroxamic acids derived from 2-hydroxy-2 H-1, 4-benzoxazin-3
(4 H)-one. These benzoxazinoid hydroxamic acids are involved in defense of maize against …

Reliable large-scale maize production is an essential component of global food security;
however, sustained efforts are needed to ensure optimized resilience under diverse crop …

The phenomenon of allelopathy encompasses all types of chemical interactions among
plants and microorganisms. Several hundred different organic compounds (allelochemicals) …

Maize (Z ea mays) production, which is of global agro‐economic importance, is largely
limited by herbivore pests, pathogens and environmental conditions, such as drought …

Allelopathic phenomenon is being successfully employed in field crop production for
agricultural pest management. Allelopathic crops exude diverse and numerous types of …

Croplands are man-made ecosystems that have high net primary productivity during the
growing season of crops, thus impacting carbon and other exchanges with the atmosphere …

Secondary metabolites in plants are known to contribute to the defense mechanism against
herbivores and disease organisms. Concentrations of these compounds are often enhanced …

Allelopathy and resource competition have often been suggested to explain plant-plant
interference. Many studies have attempted to separate these two mechanisms of …

Plant defense compounds are common stressors encountered by endophytes. Fungi readily
evolve tolerance to these compounds, yet few studies have addressed the influence of …

We intuitively say that a plant is stressed when there is a reduction in some physiological
rate (water or nutrient absorption, photosynthesis, respiration, growth, development …