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Lack of the plant signalling component SGT1b enhances disease resistance to Fusarium culmorum in Arabidopsis buds and flowers.
The New phytologist - 1 Mar 2009
Cuzick Alayne, Maguire Kerry, Hammond-Kosack Kim E
Abstract excerpt
Fusarium culmorum causes ear blight disease on cereal crops resulting in considerable losses to grain yield, quality and safety. This fungus can also infect Arabidopsis floral tissues. In this study, the Arabidopsis floral infection model was used to assess the impact of five defence mutants on disease.Fusarium culmorum was spray inoculated onto the floral tissues of the mutantseds1, lms1, rar1, sgt1a and sgt1b...
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