Spermidine, a polyamine, confers resistance to rice blast.

ABSTRACT: Polyamines are involved not only in fundamental cellular processes such as growth, differentiation, and morphogenesis, but also in various environmental stresses. We demonstrated that spermidine, a polyamine, confers resistance to rice blast accompanied by the up-regulation of marker genes for the salicylic acid-mediated signaling pathway PR1b and PBZ1 and of phytoalexin biosynthesis genes CPS4 and NOMT. This is the first report about the involvement of spermidine in rice disease resistance.

SUBMITTER: Moselhy SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140632 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature