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Agrios, G. N., 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd Ed. Academic Press, London.
Anderson, A., 1978. Initiation of resistant responses in bean mycelial wall fractions from three races of bean pathogen Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. Canadian Journal of Botany 56, 2247 - 2251.
Bailey J. A., 1982. Physiological and biochemical events associated with the expression of resistance to disease. In: Wood, R. K. S., ed, Active Defense Mechanisms in Plants. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 39 - 65.
Bailey, J. A., 1987. Phytoalexins: A genetic view of their significance. In: Day, P.R., and Jellis, G. J., eds., Genetics and plant pathogenisis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, pp.
Bailey, J. A., 1989. Disease resistance and pathogenicity. Annual Report. IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, pp. 89 - 92.
Benhamou, N., 1996. Elicitor-induced plant defense pathways. Trends in Plant Science 1, 233-239.
Benhamou, N., 1996. Gold cytochemistry applied to the study of plant defense reactions. In: Nicole, M., and Gianinazzi-Pearson, V., eds., Histology, Ultrastructure and molecular cytology of plant-microorganism interactions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 55 - 77.
Benhamou, N., Lafontaine, P. J., and Nicole, M., 1994. Induction of systemic resistance to fusarium crown and root rot in tomato plants by seed treatment with chitosan. Phytopathology 84, 1432 - 1444.
Cadena-Gomez, G., and Nicholson, R. L., 1987. Papilla formation and associated peroxidase activity: A non-specific response to attempted fungal penetration of maize. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 31, 51 - 67.
Epperelein, M. M., Noronha-Dutra, A. A., and Strange, R. N., 1986. Involvement of the hydroxyl radicle in the abiotic elicitation of phytoalexins in legumes. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 28, 67 - 77.
Esquerré-Tugayé, M. T., and Mazau, D., 1974. Effect of fungal disease on extensin, the plant cell wall glycoprotein. Journal of Experimental Botany 25, 509 - 513.
Esquerré-Tugayé, M.-T., Mazau, D, Barthe, J.-P., Lafitte, C. and Touzé, A., 1992. Mechanisms of resistance to Colletotrichum species. In: Bailey, J. A., and Jeger, M. J., eds., Colletotrichum: Biology, Pathology and Control. C. A. B. International, Wallingford, pp. 121 - 186.
Fink, W., Haug, M., Deising, H., and Mendgen, K., 1991. Early defence responses of cowpea (Vigna sinensis L.) induced by non-pathogenic rust fungi. Planta 185, 246 - 254.
Heath, M. C., 1981. Non-host resistance. In: Staples, R. C., and Toenniessen, G. H., eds., Plant Disease Control: Resistance and Susceptibility. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp. 201 - 217.
Heim, D., Nicholson, R. L., Paschiolati, S. F., Hagerman, A. E., and Billett, W., 1983. Etiolated maize mesocotyls: A tool for investigating disease interactions. Phytopathology 73, 424 - 428.
Holliday, P., 1980. Fungus Diseases of Tropical Crops. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Kessmann, H., Staub, T., Hofmann, C., Maetzke, T., Herzog, J., Ward, E., Uknes, S., and Ryals, J. 1994. Induction of systemic acquired disease resistance in plants by chemicals. Annual Review of Phytopathology 32, 439 - 459.
Krantz J., Schmutterer, H., and Koch, W., 1978. Diseases, Pests and Weeds in Tropical Crops. Wiley and Sons, Chichester.
Lo, S.-C., Weiergang, T., Bonham, C., Hipskind, J., Wood, K., and Nicholson, R. L., 1996. Phytoalexin accumulation in sorghum: Identification of a methyl ether of luteolinidin. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 49, 21 - 31.
Lopez, A. M. Q., and Pascholati, S. F., 1992. Accumulation of a complex of pigments in sorghum mesocotyls in response to wounding. Journal of Phytopathology 135, 63 - 70.
Mazau, D., and Esquerré-Tugayé, M. T., 1986. Hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein accumulation in the cell walls of plants infected by various pathogens. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 29, 147 - 157.
Nicholson, R. L., and Hammerschmidt, R., 1992. Phenolic compounds and their role in disease resistance. Annual Review of Phytopathology 30, 369 - 389.
Nicholson, R. L., Jamil, F., Snyder, B. A., Lue, W. L., and Hipskind, J., 1988. Phytoalexin synthesis in the juvenile sorghum leaf. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 33, 271 - 278.
Nicholson, R. L., Kollipara, S. S., Vincent, J. R., Lyons, P. C., and Cadena-Gomez, G., 1987. Phytoalexin synthesis by the sorghum mesocotyl in response to infection by pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 84, 5520 - 5524.
Nicollier, G. F., Pope, D. F., and Thompson, A. C., 1983. Biological activity of dhurrin and other compounds from Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense). Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 31, 744 - 748.
Sherwood, R. T., and Vance, C. P., 1980. Resistance to fungal penetration in Graminae. Phytopathology 70, 273 - 279.
Snyder, B. A., and Nicholson, R. L., 1990. Synthesis of phytoalexins in sorghum as a site specific response to fungal ingress. Science 248, 1637 - 1639.
Snyder, B. A., Leite, B., Hipskind, J., Butler, L. G., and Nicholson, R. L., 1991. Accumulation of sorghum phytoalexins induced by Colletotrichum graminicola at the infection site. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 39, 463 - 470.
Stahl, D. J., and Schäfer, W., 1992. Cutinase is not required for fungal pathogenicity on pea. The Plant Cell 4, 621 - 629.
Stakman, E. C., and Harrar, J. G., 1957. Principles of Plant Pathology. Ronald Press, New York, 581 pp.
Woodhead, S., Padgham, D. E., and Bernays, E. A., 1980. Insect feeding on different sorghum cultivars in relation to cyanide and phenolic acid content. Annals of Applied Biology 95, 151 - 157.
Wharton, P.S., and Nicholson, R.L. (2000).Temporal synthesis and inco rporation of [14C]-phenylalanine into the sorghum 3-deo xyanthocyanidin phytoalexins and the anthocyanin, cyanidin 3-dimalonyl glucoside. New Phytologist 145 (3), 457-469. Download this article in .PDF format
