BETA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID INDUCES THE ACCUMULATION OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON-ESCULENTUM L.) PLANTS AND RESISTANCE TO LATE BLIGHT INFECTION CAUSED BY PHYTOPHTHORA-INFESTANS
BETA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID INDUCES THE ACCUMULATION OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS IN TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON-ESCULENTUM L.) PLANTS AND RESISTANCE TO LATE BLIGHT INFECTION CAUSED BY PHYTOPHTHORA-INFESTANS
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.104.1.59
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
FLUHR, R
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作者:
COHEN, Y;NIDERMAN, T;FLUHR, R
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) plants were sprayed with aqueous solutions of isomers of aminobutyric acid and were either analyzed for the accumulation of pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins or challenged with the late blight fungal agent Phytophthora infestans. The beta isomer of aminobutyric acid induced the accumulation of high levels of three proteins: P14a, beta-1,3 glucanase, and chitinase. These proteins either did not accumulate or accumulated to a much lower level in alpha- or gamma-aminobutyric acid-treated plants. Plants pretreated with alpha-, beta-, and gamma-aminobutyric acid were protected up to 11 d to an extent of 35, 92, and 6%, respectively, against a challenge infection with P. infestans. Protection by beta-aminobutyric acid was afforded against the blight even when the chemical was applied 1. d postinoculation. Examination of ethylene evolution showed that alpha-aminobutyric acid induced the production of 3-fold higher levels of ethylene compared with beta-aminobutyric acid, whereas gamma-aminobutyric acid induced no ethylene production. In addition, silver thiosulfate, a potent inhibitor of ethylene action, did not abolish the resistance induced by beta-aminobutyric acid. The results are consistent with the possibility that beta-aminobutyric acid protects tomato foliage against the late blight disease by a mechanism that is not mediated by ethylene and that PR proteins can be involved in induced resistance.