@article{9e5374228d35481592bd9b5c3259e2e2,
title = "Tuning growth versus defence-belowground interactions and plant resource allocation",
author = "Michael Schloter and Reiner Matyssek",
note = "Funding Information: As substrate and energy resources in plants are limited, there is a need for plants for a well balanced trade-off, which allows growth but does not exclude defense mechanisms. This is addressed by the “Growth-Differentiation-Balance Theory” (GDB; Loomis 1953; Lorio 1988) as accentuated by Herms and Mattson (1992) and adapted by Matyssek et al. (2002, 2005). However, this theory suffers from substantial deficits in the understanding of mechanisms that underlie the balance between resource sequestration (as mediated through the plant{\textquoteright}s competitiveness related to growth) and retention (as a result of defence). Therefore since 1998 an integrative research center, entitled “Growth and Parasite Defense–Competition for Resources in Economic Plants from Agronomy and Forestry” (Sonderforschungsbereich 607, SFB 607, funded by",
year = "2009",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1007/s11104-009-0070-6",
language = "English",
volume = "323",
pages = "1--5",
journal = "Plant and Soil",
issn = "0032-079X",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
number = "1",
}