Methyl salicylate production and jasmonate signaling are not essential for systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 954-971

  Attaran, Elham ^a   Zeier, Tatiana E ^b   Griebel, Thomas ^a   Zeier, Jurgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 66449136958     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063164     Document Type: Article

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