Signals that stop the rot : regulation of secondary metabolite defences in cereals

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Meyer, Jacqueline
Murray, S.L.
Berger, David Kenneth

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Elsevier

Abstract

Plants accumulate a vast arsenal of chemically diverse secondary metabolites for defence against pathogens. This review will focus on the signal transduction and regulation of defence secondary metabolite production in five food security cereal crops: maize, rice, wheat, sorghum and oats. Recent research advances in this field have revealed novel processes and chemistry in these monocots that make this a rich field for future research.

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Cereals, Secondary metabolism, Phytoalexins, Phytoanticipins, Priming, Plant hormones, Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI)

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Meyer, J, Murray, SL & Berger, DK 2016, 'Signals that stop the rot : regulation of secondary metabolite defences in cereals', Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, vol. 94, pp. 156-166.