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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Main Authors: F. Martínez-Abarca, J. A. Herrera-Cervera, P. Bueno, J. Sanjuan, T. Bisseling, J. Olivares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 1998-02-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.2.153