Defense Enzyme Responses in Dormant Wild Oat and Wheat Caryopses Challenged with a Seed Decay Pathogen

Seeds have well-established passive physical and chemical defense mechanisms that protect their food reserves from decay-inducing organisms and herbivores. However, there are few studies evaluating potential biochemical defenses of dormant seeds against pathogens. Caryopsis decay by the pathogenic F...

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Main Authors: E. Patrick Fuerst, Matthew S. James, Anne T. Pollard, Patricia A. Okubara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.02259/full