Tomato transcriptome and mutant analyses suggest a role for plant stress hormones in the interaction between fruit and Botrytis cinerea

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Blanco Ulate, Barbara ^a   Vincenti, Estefania ^a   Powell, Ann L T ^a   Cantu, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Jasmonic acid; Microarray; Plant pathogen; Resistance; Ripening; Salicylic acid; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899671673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00142     Document Type: Article

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