1. Hankuil Yi, Mary L. Preuss & Joseph M. Jez are in the Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. e-mail: jjez@biology2.wustl.edu

Abstract

Jasmonates are important in defending plants against pathogens and in reproductive development. New evidence resolves the stereochemistry of the bioactive jasmonate hormone and suggests a chemical mechanism for modulating levels of the bioactive molecule in plants.

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