• openAccess   Belowground ABA boosts aboveground production of DIMBOA and primes induction of chlorogenic acid in maize 

      Erb, Matthias; Gordon-Weeks, Ruth; Flors, Victor; Camañes, Gemma; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Ton, Jurriaan Landes Bioscience (2009)
      Plants are important mediators between above- and below- ground herbivores. Consequently, interactions between root and shoot defenses can have far-reaching impacts on entire food webs. We recently reported that infestation ...
    • 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 ...
    • closedAccess   Fine Tuning of Reactive Oxygen Species Homeostasis Regulates Primed Immune Responses in Arabidopsis 

      Pastor, Victoria; Luna Diez, Estrella; Ton, Jurriaan; Cerezo García, Miguel; García Agustín, Pilar; Flors, Victor The American Phytopathological Society (2013-11)
      Selected stimuli can prime th e plant immune system for a faster and stronger defense reaction to pathogen attack. Pretreatment of Arabidopsis with the chemical agent β - aminobutyric acid (BABA) augmented ...
    • openAccess   Interplay between JA, SA and ABA isgnalling during basal and induced resistance against pseudomonas syringae and Alternaria brasicicola 

      Jakab, Gabor; García Agustín, Pilar; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte; Ton, Jurriaan; Van Doorn, Ronald; Flors, Victor Wiley-Blackwell (2008)
      We have examined the role of the callose synthase PMR4 in basal resistance and β‐aminobutyric acid‐induced resistance (BABA‐IR) of Arabidopsis thaliana against the hemi‐biotrophic pathogen Pseudomonas syringae and the ...
    • closedAccess   Next-generation systemic acquired resistance 

      Luna Diez, Estrella; Bruce, Toby J. A.; Roberts, Michael; Flors, Victor; Ton, Jurriaan American Society of Plant Biologists (2012)
      Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is a plant immune response to pathogen attack. Recent evidence suggests that plant immunity involves regulation by chromatin remodeling and DNA methylation. We investigated whether SAR ...
    • 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 ...
    • closedAccess   Primed plants do not forget 

      Pastor, Victoria; Luna Diez, Estrella; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte; Ton, Jurriaan; Flors, Victor Elsevier (2013)
      In their struggle for life, plants can employ sophisticated strategies to defend themselves against potentially harmful pathogens and insects. One mechanism by which plants can increase their level of resistance is by ...
    • openAccess   The Induced Resistance Lexicon: Do’s and Don’ts 

      De Kesel, Jonas; Conrath, Uwe; Flors, Victor; Luna Diez, Estrella; Mageroy, Melissa; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte; Pastor, Victoria; Pozo, Maria J.; Pieterse, Corné; Ton, Jurriaan; Kyndt, Tina Elsevier (2021-07-30)
      To be protected from biological threats, plants have evolved an immune system comprising constitutive and inducible defenses. For example, upon perception of certain stimuli, plants can develop a conditioned state of ...
    • closedAccess   The multifaceted role of ABA in disease resistance 

      Ton, Jurriaan; Flors, Victor; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte Elsevier (2009)
      Long known only for its role in abiotic stress tolerance, recent evidence shows that abscisic acid (ABA) also has a prominent role in biotic stress. Although it acts as a negative regulator of disease resistance, ABA can ...