Ethylene: indicator but not inducer of phytoalexin synthesis in soybean |
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Authors: | Paradies I Konze J R Elstner E F |
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Institution: | Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, D-8000 München, Federal Republic of Germany;Department of Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 |
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Abstract: | Cell wall preparations (elicitors) from Phytophthora megasperma var. sojae increase C2H4 formation, phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity, and glyceollin accumulation in soybean cotyledons within about 1.5, 3, and 6 hours after treatment, respectively. The immediate precursor of C2H4, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, stimulates C2H4 formation like the elicitor within 1.5 hours after administration, whereas phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity and glyceollin concentration remain unchanged. Aminoethoxyvinylglycine, a specific inhibitor of C2H4 formation in higher plants, inhibits elicitor-induced C2H4 formation by about 95% but has no effects on phenylalanine ammonia lyase or glyceollin accumulation. It was concluded that C2H4 is a signal accompanying the specific recognition process which finally leads to the induction of phytoalexin formation, but it is not functioning as a link or messenger in the induction sequence of glyceollin accumulation. |
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