Chitosan Induces Plant Hormones and Defenses in Tomato Root Exudates

In this work, we use electrophysiological and metabolomic tools to determine the role of chitosan as plant defense elicitor in soil for preventing or manage root pests and diseases sustainably. Root exudates include a wide variety of molecules that plants and root microbiota use to communicate in th...

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Main Authors: Marta Suarez-Fernandez, Frutos Carlos Marhuenda-Egea, Federico Lopez-Moya, Marino B. Arnao, Francisca Cabrera-Escribano, Maria Jose Nueda, Benet Gunsé, Luis Vicente Lopez-Llorca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.572087/full