Title: Herbivore-induced resistance: differential effectiveness against a set of microbial pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana
Abstract:Plants possess inducible defence mechanisms to protect themselves against different types
of microbial pathogens and herbivorous insects. Defences induced against pathogens and
insects are often inc...Plants possess inducible defence mechanisms to protect themselves against different types
of microbial pathogens and herbivorous insects. Defences induced against pathogens and
insects are often incompatible. A major question in plant defence research is: how are plants
capable of integrating signals induced by either microbial pathogens or insects into defences
that are specifically active against the attacker? Three plant signalling molecules play a dominant
role in the regulation of defences against both microbial pathogcns and insects: salicylic
acid (SA), jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET). Cross-talk between SA-, JA- and ET-dependent
signalling pathways is thought to be involved in fine-tuning the defence reaction,
leading to activation of an optimal mix of defences to counteract the intruder. Here we studied
the effect of herbivore-induced resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana against a range of
microbial pathogens.Read More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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