Gentisic Acid As a Pathogen-Inducible Signal, Additional to Salicylic Acid for Activation of Plant Defenses in Tomato
Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd) and tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), which produce a systemic non-necrotizing infection in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Rutgers), strongly induced the accumulation of a phenolic compound that we have characterized as 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (gentisic acid, GA) by n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The American Phytopathological Society
1999-03-01
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| Series: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
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| Online Access: | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.3.227 |