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Are stomatal responses the key to understanding the cost of fungal disease resistance in plants?
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2011
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4423
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Withers, C. M., Gay, A. P. and Mur, L. A. J. (2011), Are stomatal responses the key to understanding the cost of fungal disease resistance in plants?. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 91: 1538–1540. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.4423
Publication History
- Issue published online: 8 JUN 2011
- Article first published online: 2 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 14 DEC 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 23 NOV 2010
- Manuscript Received: 22 SEP 2010
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Keywords:
- stomatal responses;
- fungal disease resistance;
- powdery mildew;
- barley;
- cereals;
- costs of resistance
Abstract
Preventing disease in cereal crops is important for maintaining productivity and as the availability and efficacy of chemical control becomes reduced the emphasis on breeding for disease resistance increases. However, there is evidence that disease resistance may be physiologically costly to the plant and we ask if understanding stomatal responses to fungal attack is the key to minimising reductions in growth associated with disease resistance. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry