Brassinosteroid functions in a broad range of disease resistance in tobacco and rice

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 887-898

  Nakashita, Hideo ^a   Yasuda, Michiko ^a,b   Nitta, Takako ^a   Asami, Tadao ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^a,b   Arai, Yuko ^a   Sekimata, Katsuhiko ^a   Takatsuto, Suguru ^c   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^a,b   Yoshida, Shigeo ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^c JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassinolide; Brassinosteroid; Disease resistance; Rice; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; HORMONES; TOBACCO; VIRUSES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PATHOGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID HORMONES;

PATHOGENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY); VIRUSES;

CHOLESTANOLS; FUNGI; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRIAZOLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OIDIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

BRASSINOLIDE; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RICE; SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 0242500944     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01675.x     Document Type: Article

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