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Quickly-released peroxidase of moss in defense against fungal invaders.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2009
Lehtonen Mikko T, Akita Motomu, Kalkkinen Nisse, Ahola-Iivarinen Elina, Rönnholm Gunilla, Somervuo Panu, Thelander Mattias, Valkonen Jari P T
Abstract excerpt
Mosses (Bryophyta) are nonvascular plants that constitute a large part of the photosynthesizing biomass and carbon storage on Earth. Little is known about how this important portion of flora maintains its health status. This study assessed whether the moss, Physcomitrella patens, responds to treatment with chitosan, a fungal cell wall-derived compound inducing defense against fungal pathogens in vascular plants....
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