Role of plant stomata in bacterial invasion

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Summary

This work has shown that stomata can play an active role in restricting bacterial invasion as part of the plant innate immune system, and suggested that many bacterial disease outbreaks require high humidity, rain, or frost damage, which could promoteStomatal opening and/or bypass stomatal defence by creating wounds as alternative entry sites.

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review
Published
2007-07-01
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165
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Open access

Keywords

Biology, Phyllosphere, Photosynthesis, Pseudomonas syringae, Botany

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