Jasmonates are essential phytohormones for plant development and survival. They are the major lipid in the jasmine scent. However they are important in plant development processes, response to environmental stress, wounding , water deficit, and pathogen and pest attacks, root growth , fruit ripening, tendril coiling, reproductive development and senescence. .
They are synthesised from linolenic acid, and are structurally related to prostaglandins.
A paper in Nature
Chini et al 207 The Jaz family of repressors is the missing link in jasmonate signalling. Nature vol 448, 666-671 ,
This paper discusses the negative regulatory feed back loop that jasmonate is involved in the plant.

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