Induced systemic resistance and plant responses to fungal biocontrol agents

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2010, Pages 21-43

  Shoresh, Michal ^a   Harman, Gary E ^b   Mastouri, Fatemeh ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

defense response; plant signaling pathway; priming; Sebacinales; Trichoderma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

FUNGI; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; SEBACINALES; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 77955659440     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-073009-114450     Document Type: Article

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