Authors
Kay A Lawton, Leslie Friedrich, Michelle Hunt, Kris Weymann, Terrence P Delaney, Helmut Kessmann, Theodor Staub, John Ryals
Publication date
1996/7/1
Journal
The Plant Journal
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
71-82
Publisher
Blackwell Science Ltd
Description
Benzothiadiazole (BTH) is a novel chemical activator of disease resistance in tobacco, wheat and other important agricultural plants. In this report, it is shown that BTH works by activating SAR in Arabidopsis thaliana. BTH-treated plants were resistant to infection by turnip crinkle virus, Pseudomonas syringae pv'tomato'DC3000 and
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KA Lawton, L Friedrich, M Hunt, K Weymann… - Plant journal, 1996