The beneficial fungus Piriformospora indica protects Arabidopsis from Verticillium dahliae infection by downregulation plant defense responses

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sun, Chao ^a   Shao, Yongqi ^b   Vahabi, Khabat ^a   Lu, Jing ^b,e   Bhattacharya, Samik ^b   Dong, Sheqin ^c   Yeh, Kai Wun ^d   Sherameti, Irena ^a   Lou, Binggan ^e   Baldwin, Ian T ^b   Oelmüller, Ralf ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Defense; Ethylene; Jasmonic acid; Piriformospora indica; Salicylic acid; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIDIOMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTICILLIUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 84920287651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0268-5     Document Type: Article

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