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Host Cell Wall Loosening and Separation by Plant Pathogens

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Cell Separation in Plants

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To achieve infection, many microbial pathogens respond to numerous signals, physical and chemical, from their host plants. Some of these have been identified and are known to activate genes controlling infection; such as certain plant phenolics and expression of virulence genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and nodulation genes of Rhizobiwn spp., serinol on leaf surfaces of sugar cane which stimulates HS-toxin production by Helminthosporium sacchari, and α-tocopherol which results in formation of parasitic mycelium of Ustilago violacea (Halverson and Stacey, 1986).

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    R. M. Cooper

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Daphne J. Osborne

  2. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Long Ashton Research Station, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Michael B. Jackson

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Cooper, R.M. (1989). Host Cell Wall Loosening and Separation by Plant Pathogens. In: Osborne, D.J., Jackson, M.B. (eds) Cell Separation in Plants. NATO ASI Series, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74161-6_16

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