“…In addition, there are indirect mechanisms by which plants with modified lignin biosynthesis could influence each other. Soil organisms have been shown to manipulate plant defense systems (Gehring & Bennett, ; Soto et al ., ; Pineda et al ., ; Jankiewicz & Kołtonowicz, ; Zamioudis & Pieterse, ). In some cases, soil organisms can alter levels of constitutive defense (Gehring & Bennett, ; Pineda et al ., ), whereas, in other cases, they can manipulate inducible defenses (Gehring & Bennett, ; Soto et al ., ; Van der Ent et al ., ; Zamioudis & Pieterse, ).…”