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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
There are three pathways for the synthesis of JAs, including the octadecane pathway starting from α-linolenic acid (18:3) and the hexadecane pathway starting from hexadecatrienoic acid (16:3).
All three pathways require three reaction sites: the chloroplast, peroxisome, and cytoplasm.