Gentisic acid as a pathogen-inducible signal, additional to salicylic acid for activation of plant defenses in tomato

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Bellés, José María ^a   Garro, Rafael ^a   Fayos, Joaquín ^a   Navarro, Pilar ^a   Primo, Jaime ^b   Conejero, Vicente ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antifungal proteins; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BENZOIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALICYLIC ACID; TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIROID;

CITRUS EXOCORTIS;

EID: 0033011985     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.3.227     Document Type: Article

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