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Elicitation of Phytoalexins by Synthetic Oligoglucosides, Synthetic Oligogalacturonides, and their Derivatives

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Abstract

Plants respond to invasive microorganisms in a variety of ways (Bell 1981). Among these, the synthesis and accumulation of toxic molecules called phytoalexins is a response observed in a number of plant-pathogen interactions (Dixon 1986; Ebel 1986). Phytoalexins accumulate rapidly at the site of infection, and reach levels inhibitory to microbial growth quickly enough to play a role in defense against disease (Hahn et al 1985). Several studies have demonstrated that phytoalexin accumulation is limited, in incompatible (plant resistant) responses, to the immediate vicinity of the infection (Mansfield et al 1974; Moesta et al 1982; Mayama & Tani. 1982; Hahn et al 1985). These observations are important since phytoalexins are toxic to both plaqt and microbial cells (Smith 1982; Weinstein & Albersheim 1983).

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  1. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, 30602, Athens, GA, USA

    M. G. Hahn & J.-J. Cheong

  2. Departments of Botany, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, 30602, Athens, GA, USA

    M. G. Hahn

  3. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Departments of Biochemistry, University of Georgia, 220 Riverbend Road, 30602, Athens, GA, USA

    J.-J. Cheong

  4. Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Stockholm, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    W. Birberg, P. Fügedi, Å. Piloti & P. Garegg

  5. RIKEN, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, Saitama, 351-01, Japan

    N. Hong, Y. Nakahara & T. Ogawa

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Hahn, M.G. et al. (1989). Elicitation of Phytoalexins by Synthetic Oligoglucosides, Synthetic Oligogalacturonides, and their Derivatives. In: Lugtenberg, B.J.J. (eds) Signal Molecules in Plants and Plant-Microbe Interactions. NATO ASI Series, vol 36. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74158-6_9

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