Induction of chitinases and β-1,3-glucanases in resistant and susceptible cultivars of sorghum in response to insect attack, fungal infection and wounding

Plant Science

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-16

  Krishnaveni, S ^a,b   Muthukrishnan, S ^a   Liang, G H ^a   Wilde, G ^a   Manickam, A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (India)

Author keywords

1,3 Glucanases; Chitinases; Fusarium moniliforme; Insect feeding; Localization; Sorghum plants; Wounding

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; CHITINASE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; APHID; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GENOTYPE; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SORGHUM; STRESS; WOUND;

FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; SORGHUM;

EID: 0033553757     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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