Plant vaccination: Stimulation of defense system by caffeine production in planta

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-493

  Kim, Yun Soo ^a   Choi, Yong Eui ^a   Sano, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Biotic stress; Caffeine; Chemical defense; Herbivores; Hypersensitive response; Nicotiana tabacum; Pathogenic microbes; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 77954943208     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.11087     Document Type: Review

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