Sugarwin: A Sugarcane Insect-Induced Gene with Antipathogenic Activity

In sugarcane fields, colonization of the stalk by opportunistic fungi usually occurs after the caterpillar Diatraea saccharalis attacks the sugarcane plant. Plants respond to insect attack by inducing and accumulating a large set of defense proteins. Two homologues of a barley wound-inducible protei...

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Main Authors: Ane H. Medeiros, Flávia P. Franco, Juliana L. Matos, Patrícia A. de Castro, Ludier K. Santos-Silva, Flávio Henrique-Silva, Gustavo H. Goldman, Daniel S. Moura, Marcio C. Silva-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2012-05-01
Series:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Online Access:https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MPMI-09-11-0254