“…Furthermore, biotic stress like herbivory also displayed a remarkably similar metabolite profile in plants; while primary metabolites like phenylalanine and allantoin were found to be elevated, the levels of VOCs (specialized metabolites) were also enhanced (Fraire-Velázquez et al, 2011; Du and Wang, 2012; Hayat et al, 2012; Kendziorek et al, 2012; Griesser et al, 2015; Hudson, 2015; Weldegergis et al, 2015; Takagi et al, 2016). Thus, the trend of overproduction of primary and specialized metabolites arising from diverse pathways under similar conditions of stress, further confirms the predominant role of stress as a possible link to elucidate the crosstalk between primary and specialized metabolism (Tuteja, 2007; Bolton, 2009; Qados, 2011; Bhargava and Sawant, 2013; Chamoli and Verma, 2014). …”