The function of secondary metabolites in plant carnivory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carnivorous plants are an ideal model system for evaluating the role of secondary metabolites in plant ecology and evolution. Carnivory is a striking example of convergent evolution to attract, capture and digest prey for nutrients to enhance growth and reproduction and has evolved independently at least ten times. Though the roles of many traits in plant carnivory have been well studied, the role of secondary metabolites in the carnivorous habit is considerably less understood.

Scope

This review provides the first synthesis of research in which secondary plant metabolites have been demonstrated to have a functional role in plant carnivory. From these studies we identify key metabolites for plant carnivory and their functional role, and highlight biochemical simil

SUBMITTER: Hatcher CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061172 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature