Ethylene insensitivity impairs resistance to soilborne pathogens in tobacco and Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1078-1085

  Geraats, Bart P J ^a   Bakker, Peter A H M ^a   Van Loon, L C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chalara elegans; Ein2; Etr1; Jar1; Jasmonate; Necrotrophic

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHALARA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYTHIUM; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; THIELAVIOPSIS; THIELAVIOPSIS BASICOLA;

EID: 0036772211     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.10.1078     Document Type: Article

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