Definition of "jasmonic" []

• Of or pertaining to jasmonic acid or its derivatives, the jasmonates (adjective)

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• "Production of a plant hormone called jasmonic acid is influenced when microRNAs inhibit certain regulators known as TCP transcription factors."
• "The correlation between the production of jasmonic acid and nectar accumulation was demonstrated in experiments with an inhibitor: if the flowers had been treated with an inhibitor of jasmonic acid synthesis, the so-called phenidone, nectar production failed."
• ""When we put caterpillars on the rapeseed leaves to elicit jasmonic acid production, the nectar secretion of the flowers was not affected," the researcher says."