Acrolein induces differentiation of infection structures in the wheat stem rust fungus.
A chemical factor from wheat stem rust uredospores that induces infection structure formation has been identified as acrolein (2-propenal). This compound is the active component of distillates from uredospore extracts previously shown to induce infection structure formation.
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