Involvement of Salicylic Acid in the Establishment of the Rhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa Symbiosis
Inoculation of alfalfa plants with either incompatible Rhizobium or a Rhizobium mutant blocked in Nod factor synthesis led to an accumulation of salicylic acid in roots, in contrast to plants inoculated with a wild-type (compatible) R. meliloti strain. When salicylic acid was exogenously applied pri...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The American Phytopathological Society
1998-02-01
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Series: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
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Online Access: | https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.2.153 |