An evolutionarily young defense metabolite influences the root growth of plants via the ancient 1

An evolutionarily young defense metabolite influences the root growth of plants via the ancient 1 TOR signaling pathway. 2 3 Malinovsky F.G.1, Thomsen M-L.F.1, Nintemann S.J.1, Jagd L.M.1, Bourgine B.3, Burow M.1, and 4 Kliebenstein D. J. 1,2* 5 6 1DynaMo Center, Copenhagen Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant and Environmental 7 Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 8 2Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA 9 3Present address: Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland 10 *Correspondence: Daniel J. Kliebenstein; Email: [email protected] 11