Chapter 7. Interactions with the External Environment
Published Online: 26 JAN 2004
DOI: 10.1002/0471488577.ch7
Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Plant Genomics and Proteomics
Additional Information
How to Cite
Cullis, C. A. (2004) Interactions with the External Environment, in Plant Genomics and Proteomics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471488577.ch7
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 JAN 2004
- Published Print: 24 DEC 2003
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471373148
Online ISBN: 9780471488576
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- stress responses;
- disease resistance;
- R genes;
- reactive oxygen species;
- symbiosis
Summary
Plants have to respond to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. They interact with many microorganisms, some beneficial and other harmful, and need to be able to recognize the difference. Their genomes contain large numbers of NBS-LRR and other disease resistance-like genes, the function of most is still unknown. Responses to many abiotic stresses are mediated through a response to reactive oxygen species, allowing common pathways to be activated by many different stresses.