title: A genetically controlled polyacrylic acid induced resistance in Nicotiana species.
abstract: Several Nicotiana species and cultivars, with and without the N gene, were screened for the effect of polyacrylic acid (PAA) and salicylic acid (SA) on b-protein production and induced resistance. Whilst SA was effective in producing either b-proteins and resistance to a challenge viral infection in all the cultivars tested, the effectiveness of PAA appeared cultivar dependent. Only the cultivars Xanthi-nc (NN), Xanthi (nn) and hybrids between Xanthi-nc (NN) and other N. tabacum cultivars responded to PAA. This is the first time that the genetic determinant for the PAA response has been shown to be sexually transmitted as a dominant character, and also that it is distinct from the N gene.
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000254:growth & development*; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012459:Salicylates; C006903:carbopol 940; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; C031955:L-aspartate oxidase, E coli