Damage-induced accumulation of phytoecdysteroids in spinach: A rapid root response involving the octadecanoic acid pathway

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-360

  Schmelz, Eric A ^a   Grebenok, Robert J ^b   Galbraith, David W ^a   Bowers, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Induce defence; Methyl Jasmonate; Methyl salicylate; Phytoecdysteroid; Phytophthora capsici; Pythium aphanidermatum; Roots; Spinach; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031939412     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022588610232     Document Type: Article

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