The major volatile organic compound emitted from Arabidopsis thaliana flowers, the sesquiterpene (E)-β-caryophyllene, is a defense against a bacterial pathogen

New Phytologist

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 997-1008

  Huang, Mengsu ^a,b   Sanchez Moreiras, Adela M ^b   Abel, Christian ^b   Sohrabi, Reza ^a   Lee, Sungbeom ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b   Tholl, Dorothea ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(E) caryophyllene; Antimicrobial defense; Arabidopsis thaliana; Bacterial pathogen; Floral volatile; Pseudomonas syringae; Stigma; Terpene

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARYOPHYLLENE; SESQUITERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE CONTROL; EMISSION; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HERB; INHIBITION; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEEDS; SESQUITERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 84856533259     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04001.x     Document Type: Article

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