Plant Survival and Defense

Question 1

Solanum tuberosum

Answer 1

Sprouted potatoes

Question 2

Lycopersicon esculentum

Answer 2

Unripe tomatoes

Question 3

Solanum dulcamara

Answer 3

Woody nightshade

Question 4

Coumarin

Answer 4

Found in sweet clover
Phenolic Compound
Over-ingestion causes internal bleeding in mammals
Synthetic Coumarin used as rodenticide (Warfarin)
Other derivatives (Coumadin) are used medicinally
Treatment for strokes and blood clots

Question 5

Hypericum perforatum

Answer 5

St. John’s Wort

Question 6

Ruta graveolens

Answer 6

Rue

Question 7

Fagopyrum esculentum

Answer 7

Buckwheat

Question 8

Salicylic Acid

Answer 8

Triggers a change in the cells redox potential
This causes the translocation of NPR1 to the nucleus to activate SA-regulated genes

Question 9

Jasmonic Acid

Answer 9

Triggers the proteasomal degradation of JAZ
Reduction of JAZ (JA-gene transcriptional repressor) results in elevated transcription of JA genes

Question 10

Ethylene (ET)

Answer 10

Triggers signaling by repressing proteasomal degradation of ET responsive transcription factors