Characterisation of an Arabidopsis-Leptosphaeria maculans pathosystem: Resistance partially requires camalexin biosynthesis and is independent of salicylic acid, ethylene and jasmonic acid signalling

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-20

  Bohman, Svante ^a,c   Staal, Jens ^a   Thomma, Bart P H J ^b   Wang, Maolin ^a,d   Dixelius, Christina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blackleg; Camalexin; Cell death; Ethylene; Peronospora parasitica; Phoma lingam

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; DATA REDUCTION; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

DEFENCE PATHWAYS; MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAMALEXIN; COPPER SULFATE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; COPPER SULFATE; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INDOLES; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILVER NITRATE; THIAZOLES;

ALTERNARIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYALOPERONOSPORA PARASITICA; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; PERONOSPORA; PHOMA; TEREBRANTIA;

EID: 0346040191     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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