In: The Plant Journal, 2010, vol. 63, no. 2, p. 254–268
Upon inoculation with pathogenic microbes, plants induce an array of metabolic changes that potentially contribute to induced resistance or even enhance susceptibility. When analysing leaf lipid composition during the Arabidopsis thaliana–Pseudomonas syringae interaction, we found that accumulation of the phytosterol stigmasterol is a significant plant metabolic process that occurs upon...
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In: The Plant Cell, 2009, vol. 21, p. 954-971
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) develops in response to local microbial leaf inoculation and renders the whole plant more resistant to subsequent pathogen infection. Accumulation of salicylic acid (SA) in noninfected plant parts is required for SAR, and methyl salicylate (MeSA) and jasmonate (JA) are proposed to have critical roles during SAR long-distance signaling from inoculated to distant...
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In: Plant Physiology, 2008, vol. 147, p. 790-801
We have examined molecular and physiological principles underlying the light-dependency of defence activation in Arabidopsis plants challenged with the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Within a fixed light/dark cycle, plant defence responses and disease resistance significantly depend on the time of day when pathogen contact takes place. Morning and midday inoculations result in...
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