| Literature DB >> 15666546 |
Jinying Peng1, Xiaojun Deng, Jianhua Huang, Shihai Jia, Xuexia Miao, Yongping Huang.
Abstract
We investigated the role of the salicylic acid (SA) signaling pathway in defense responses of tomato plants to the herbivore, cotton bollworm. After exposure to the cotton bollworm, tomato leaves rapidly accumulated a high level of SA. The transcription of PR1 and BGL2 genes, the marker genes of SA pathway, was up-regulated. An enhanced endogenous SA level was accompanied by an increase in the endogenous H2O2 level as compared with controls. Spraying tomato plants with a solution containing either SA or methyl salicylic acid (Me-SA), the H2O2 level dramatically increased. These data proved that the SA pathway was involved in the tomato plant defense responses to the herbivore.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15666546 DOI： 10.1515/znc-2004-11-1215
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Z Naturforsch C J Biosci ISSN： 0341-0382