Escobar-Bravo, Rocio; Alba, Juan M.; Pons Puig, Clara; Granell Richart, Antonio; Kant, Merijn R.; Moriones, Enrique; Fernandez-Munoz, Rafael(Frontiers Media, 2016-11-22)
Whiteflies damage tomatoes mostly via the viruses they transmit. Cultivated tomatoes lack many of the resistances of their wild relatives. In order to increase protection to its major pest, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci and ...
Dobón Alonso, Albor; Wulff, Brande B Hertel; Canet Perez, Juan Vicente; Fort Rausell, Patrocinio; Tornero Feliciano, Pablo(Public Library of Science, 2013-01)
Resistance to biotrophic pathogens is largely dependent on the hormone salicylic acid (SA) while jasmonic acid (JA) regulates resistance against necrotrophs. JA negatively regulates SA and is, in itself, negatively regulated ...
Background: NPR1 is a gene of Arabidopsis thaliana required for the perception of salicylic acid. This perception triggers a defense response and negatively regulates the perception of jasmonates. Surprisingly, the application ...