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Suppression of the hypersensitive response in potato by acetyl salicylic acid
1Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
|May 15, 1996
Abstract:
Increased salicylic acid has been correlated with systemic acquired resistance in several plants. Inoculation of potato plants with the pathogen Phytophthora Infestans or inducers from the fungus, arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid also induce systemic acquired resistance in the plant. We now report that treatment of potato tuber slices with acetyl salicylic acid markedly reduces the resistant response of these tissues.