Molecular defense
responses to natural enemies determine seedling survival in a
subtropical forest
Running title: Seedling molecular defenses drive survival
Hui Shang1,2 ,3, Yunquan Wang1,4,
Baocai Han1,5, Franca J. Bongers1,
Xiangcheng Mi1, Lei Chen1, Yu
Liang1,*, Keping Ma1,*
1. State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change,
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3. Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of
Sciences; Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
4. College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University,
688 Yingbin Rd., Jinhua 321004, China
5. State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
*Correspondence authors at: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and
Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China. Email address:
coolrain@ibcas.ac.cn (Yu Liang), kpma@ibcas.ac.cn (Keping Ma).