Melatonin Attenuates Potato Late Blight by Disrupting Cell Growth, Stress Tolerance, Fungicide Susceptibility and Homeostasis of Gene Expression in Phytophthora infestans

Zhang, Shumin; Zheng, Xianzhe; J. Reiter, Rüssel; Feng, Shun; Wang, Ying; Liu, Sen; Liang, Jin; Li, Zhengguo; Datla, Raju; Ren, Maozhi

doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01993

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Melatonin Attenuates Potato Late Blight by Disrupting Cell Growth, Stress Tolerance, Fungicide Susceptibility and Homeostasis of Gene Expression in Phytophthora infestans

Published in Frontiers in Plant Science • Nov 21, 2017

Authors:

Shumin Zhang

Xianzhe Zheng

Rüssel J. Reiter

Abstract

Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans) is the causal agent of potato late blight, which caused the devastating Irish Potato Famine during 1845-1852. Until now, potato late blight is still the most serious threat to potato growth and has caused significant economic losses worldwide. Melatonin can indu...

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Phytophthora infestans

Fungicide

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