Costs and Benefits of Transgenerational Induced Resistance in Arabidopsis

Recent evidence suggests that stressed plants employ epigenetic mechanisms to transmit acquired resistance traits to their progeny. However, the evolutionary and ecological significance of transgenerational induced resistance (t-IR) is poorly understood because a clear understanding of how parents i...

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Main Authors: Ana López Sánchez, David Pascual-Pardo, Leonardo Furci, Michael R. Roberts, Jurriaan Ton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.644999/full