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Science 16 November 1990:
Vol. 250. no. 4983, pp. 1004 - 1006
DOI: 10.1126/science.250.4983.1004
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Increase in Salicylic Acid at the Onset of Systemic Acquired Resistance in Cucumber

J. P. Métraux 1, H. Signer 1, J. Ryals 2, E. Ward 2, M. Wyss-Benz 1, J. Gaudin 1, K. Raschdorf 3, E. Schmid 3, W. Blum 3, and B. Inverardi 3

1 Agricultural Division, CIBA-GEIGY Limited, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
2 Agricultural Biotechnology Research Unit, CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
3 Central Research, CIBA-GEIGY AG, 4002 Basel, Switzerland

In an effort to identify the signal compound that mediates systemic acquired resistance (SAR), changes in the content of phloem sap were monitored in cucumber plants inoculated with either tobacco necrosis virus or the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum lagenarium. The concentration of a fluorescent metabolite was observed to increase transiently after inoculation, with a peak reached before SAR was detected. The compound was purified and identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as salicylic acid, a known exogenous inducer of resistance. The data suggest that salicylic acid could function as the endogenous signal in the transmission of SAR in cucumber.


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