Parasitism by Cuscuta pentagona sequentially induces JA and SA defence pathways in tomato

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-303

  Runyon, Justin B ^a,b   Mescher, Mark C ^a   Felton, Gary W ^a   De Moraes, Consuelo M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cuscuta; Fatty acids; Induced defences; Jasmonic acid; Parasitic plant; Phytohormones; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

DICOTYLEDON; FATTY ACID; FRUIT; PARASITISM; SALICYLIC ACID; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUSCUTA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SEEDLING; TIME; TOMATO;

ABSCISIC ACID; CUSCUTA; CYCLOPENTANES; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALICYLIC ACID; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA PENTAGONA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 73949125559     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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