Abstract
Plant environment is a complex system where coordinated interactive biology involving various metabolite products and other intermediates determines the overall development and growth of plant. Among the phytohormones, auxins play a fundamental role in various signaling pathways involving other hormones and metabolites affecting cell division and differentiation of plant tissues. Likewise, phenolics are the secondary metabolites secreted by plants that play a key role as defense agents during environmental stress conditions. Biosynthesis of auxins and phenolics follows different metabolic pathways, although shikimate pathway is considered as the root for the production of auxins and phenolics following the synthesis of their corresponding precursors. The interactions between these two compounds may have some physiological and biochemical alterations in plant metabolism, thus affecting plant biology. In addition, the role of soil microbiota is also evident to mediate the communicative behavior of both auxins and phenolics. Phenolic compounds may affect auxin transport and play its role in defense signaling of plants. Some representative examples regarding interactive biology of auxins and phenolic compounds under in vitro conditions are also discussed in this chapter.
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Ahmed, A., Tariq, A., Habib, S. (2020). Interactive Biology of Auxins and Phenolics in Plant Environment. In: Lone, R., Shuab, R., Kamili, A. (eds) Plant Phenolics in Sustainable Agriculture . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4890-1_5
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