Two Theobroma cacao genotypes with contrasting pathogen tolerance show aberrant transcriptional and ROS responses after salicylic acid treatment

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6245-6258

  Fister, Andrew S ^a   O'Neil, Shawn T ^b   Shi, Zi ^c   Zhang, Yufan ^a   Tyler, Brett M ^b   Guiltinan, Mark J ^a,d   Maximova, Siela N ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacao; Pathogenesis related genes; Phytophthora tropicalis; Reactive oxygen species; Salicylic acid; TcNPR1

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALICYLIC ACID;

CACAO; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID;

CACAO; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALICYLIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84949009749     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv334     Document Type: Article

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