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Abscisic acid deficiency leads to rapid activation of tomato defence responses upon infection with Erwinia chrysanthemi.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Jan 2008
Asselbergh Bob, Achuo Andrew Enow, Höfte Monica, Van Gijsegem Frédérique
Abstract excerpt
In addition to the important role of abscisic acid (ABA) in abiotic stress signalling, basal and high ABA levels appear to have a negative effect on disease resistance. Using the ABA-deficient sitiens tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutant and different application methods of exogenous ABA, we demonstrated the influence of this plant hormone on disease progression of Erwinia chrysanthemi. This necrotrophic plant...
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