Benzothiadiazole, a novel class of inducers of systemic acquired resistance, activates gene expression and disease resistance in wheat

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 629-643

  Görlach, Jörn ^a   Volrath, Sandra ^a   Knauf Beiter, Gertrud ^b   Hengy, Georges ^b   Beckhove, Uli ^c   Kogel, Karl Heinz ^c   Oostendorp, Michael ^b   Staub, Theo ^b   Ward, Eric ^a   Kessmann, Helmut ^b   Ryals, John ^a  

^a Ciba Geigy Agric Biotech Res Unit   (United States)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYSIPHALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

S METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE 7 CARBOTHIOATE; S-METHYL BENZO(1,2,3)THIADIAZOLE-7-CARBOTHIOATE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIADIAZOLES; TRITICUM;

EID: 0037803136     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.4.629     Document Type: Article

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