• openAccess   Chemical priming of immunity without costs to plant growth 

      Buswell, Will; Schwarzenbacher, Roland E.; Luna Diez, Estrella; Sellwood, Matthew A.; Chen, Beining; Flors, Victor; Pétriacq, Pierre; Ton, Jurriaan Wiley (2018)
      b-Aminobutyric acid (BABA) induces broad-spectrum disease resistance, but also represses plant growth, which has limited its exploitation in crop protection. BABA perception relies on binding to the aspartyl-tRNA synthetase ...
    • openAccess   Plant perception of β-aminobutyric acid is mediated by an aspartyl-tRNA synthetase 

      Luna Diez, Estrella; Van Hulten, Marieke; Zhang, Yuhua; Berkowitz, Oliver; López, Ana; Pétriacq, Pierre; Sellwood, Matthew A.; Chen, Beining; Burrell, Michael M.; Van De Meene, Allison M. L.; Pieterse, Corné MJ J; Flors, Victor; Ton, Jurriaan Nature Publishing Group (2014)
      Specific chemicals can prime the plant immune system for augmented defense. β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) is a priming agent that provides broad-spectrum disease protection. However, BABA also suppresses plant growth when ...