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Evolutionary conserved function of barley and Arabidopsis 3-KETOACYL-CoA SYNTHASES in providing wax signals for germination of powdery mildew fungi.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2014
Weidenbach Denise, Jansen Marcus, Franke Rochus B, Hensel Goetz, Weissgerber Wiebke, Ulferts Sylvia, Jansen Irina, Schreiber Lukas, Korzun Viktor, Pontzen Rolf, Kumlehn Jochen, Pillen Klaus, Schaffrath Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
For plant pathogenic fungi, such as powdery mildews, that survive only on a limited number of host plant species, it is a matter of vital importance that their spores sense that they landed on the right spot to initiate germination as quickly as possible. We investigated a barley (Hordeum vulgare) mutant with reduced epicuticular leaf waxes on which spores of adapted and nonadapted powdery mildew fungi showed...
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