L. Vallelianbindschedler et al., SALICYLIC-ACID ACCUMULATION IN BARLEY IS PATHOGEN SPECIFIC BUT NOT REQUIRED FOR DEFENSE-GENE ACTIVATION, Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 11(7), 1998, pp. 702-705
Barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings were inoculated with the biotrophic
pathogen Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei, the biotrophic nonhost path
ogen E. graminis f. sp. tritici, and the necrotrophic nonhost pathogen
Pseudomonas syringae pv, syringae. The levels of free salicylic acid
and of salicylic-acid conjugates remained low after infection with E.
graminis f. sp, hordei or E. graminis f. sp. tritici while they increa
sed after inoculation with P, syringae pv. syringae. Pathogenesis-rela
ted proteins PR1, PR3 (chitinase), PR5 (thaumatin-like), and PR9 (pero
xidase) accumulated after inoculation with all three pathogens.