The Ecological Biochemistry section contains papers on biochemical adaptations in plants to environmental stress
; pollination biochemistry
; plant toxins and their effects on animals
, phytoecdysones
, antifeedants
; herbivory
, plant defence and insect feeding preferences
; utilization of plant substances by animals
; and all aspects of biochemical plant pathology
, including the production of phytotoxins and phytoalexin elicitation.
Contributions on various symbiotic interactions are also welcomed.
Also of considerable interest is the elucidation of the signalling molecules that govern the nature of the responses involved in the interaction between two or more organisms.