Flavonoids plant-microbe interactions

M. C. Bolanos-Vasquez and D. Werner, Effects of Rhizohium tropici, R. etii, and R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoU on nod gene-inducing flavonoids in root exudates of Phaseohis vulgaris. Molec. Plant Microbe Interact. 10 229 (1997). 

G. Becard, L. P. Taylor, D. D. Douds, P. E. Pfeffer, and L. W. Doner. Flavonoids are not necessary plant signal compounds in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 8 525 (1995). 

H. P. Spaink, Flavonoids as regulators of plant development, Phytochemical Signal.s and Plant-Microbe Interactions (Romeo, ed.). Plenum Press, New York, 1998. 

Ruan, Y., Kotraiah, V., and Straney, D.C., Flavonoids stimulate spore germination in Fusarium solani pathogenic on legumes in a manner sensitive to inhibitors of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 8, 929, 1995. 

Bolanos-Vasquez, M.C. and Werner, D., Effects of Rhizobium tropici, R. etli, and R. legumino-sarum bv. phaseoli on nod gene-inducing flavonoids in root exudates of Phaseolus vulgaris. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact., 10, 339, 1997. 

Mathesius, U. et al., Flavonoids synthesized in cortical cells during nodule initiation are early developmental markers in white clover. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 11, 1223, 1998. 

The most conspicuous function of vacuolar sequestered anthocyanins is to provide the bright red and blue colors that serve as attractants for pollination and seed dispersal. Anthocyanin pigments have appeared quite recently in evolution,4 probably linked with the origin of the flowering plants. In contrast, other flavonoid compounds, already present in early photosynthetic plants, play more central roles in plant biology. These functions, extensively reviewed elsewhere,5,6 include photoprotection, communication in plant-microbe interactions, hormone signaling, and male fertility. 

Cohen, M.F. et al., Roles of plant flavonoids in interactions with microbes from protection against pathogens to the mediation of mutualism, Rec. Res. Dev. Plant Physiol, 2, 157, 2001. 

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