Linking phytochrome to plant immunity: low red: Far-red ratios increase Arabidopsis susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea by reducing the biosynthesis of indolic glucosinolates and camalexin

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 342-354

  Cargnel, Miriam D ^a   Demkura, Patricia V ^a   Ballaré, Carlos L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Auxin; Botrytis; Camalexin; Defense; Glucosinolate; Jasmonate; JAZ; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CAMALEXIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSINOLATE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; JAS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; JASMONIC ACID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOCHROME; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOTRYTIS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BOTRYTIS; CYCLOPENTANES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSINOLATES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXYLIPINS; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84923534511     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13032     Document Type: Article

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