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Elemental sulphur is produced by diverse plant families as a component of defence against fungal and bacterial pathogens.
2003-07-01
Abstract excerpt
Elemental sulphur (32S0 detected as 32S8) is the only inorganic phytoalexin recorded, first identified as a component of resistance of Theobroma cacao to Verticillium dahliae. Here we report S0 production in another four, diverse families in response to fungal and bacterial pathogens. S0 was detected in xylem excised from infected but not control tomato and cotton to V. dahliae, tobacco and French bean to Fusarium...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b959495a-c366-568e-979d-41511c3d07d4
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pmpp.2003.08.003
