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SUBMITTER: Hao G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hao Guixia G Rhoades Nicholas A NA McCormick Susan S
Plant direct 20231017 10
Plants respond to fungal infections by activating defense genes including producing reactive oxygen species (ROS). The fungus <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> causes Fusarium head blight (FHB), a serious disease of wheat and barley. FHB results in crop yield loss and contaminates grain with mycotoxins. In a prior study, we discovered that chitin induces tissue-specific ROS burst in wheat. However, it is unknown whether other fungal cell wall components could induce defense response in wheat. Therefor ...[more]