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Transcriptome analyses suggest a disturbance of iron homeostasis in soybean leaves during white mould disease establishment.
Molecular plant pathology - 1 Aug 2014
Calla Bernarda, Blahut-Beatty Laureen, Koziol Lisa, Simmonds Daina H, Clough Steven J
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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a serious pathogen of numerous crops around the world. The major virulence factor of this pathogen is oxalic acid (OA). Mutants that cannot produce OA do not cause disease, and plants that express enzymes that degrade OA, such as oxalate oxidase (OxO), are very resistant to S. sclerotiorum. To examine the effect of OA on plants, we infiltrated soybean leaves with 5 mm OA and examined...
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