Effects of salicylic acid on disease resistance and postharvest decay control of fruits

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Tian, Shiping ^a   Qin, Guozheng ^a   Li, Boqiang ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Meng, Xianghong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Defence response; Fruit; Postharvest disease; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949214769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.6.2     Document Type: Review

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17. .-, might be involved in the enhancement of disease resistance in mangoes.
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22. 2 might be a signal leading to the hypersensitive response and activated many tolerance-related genes against pathogen attack.
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