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Synergism of Metabolite Action in Plant Responses to Stresses

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A diversity of unfavorable environmental factors determines complex interactions between phytohormones and signal elements and also the formation and combined action of metabolites in plants. This permits the plant to overcome stresses and to realize its potential capacities. Synergism between plant chemical constituents during ontogeny was revealed in the case of their responses to various abiotic stressors, such as pathogens or pests, and also during competition between plants. Jasmonic, salicylic, and abscisic acids, ethylene, hydrogen peroxide, NO, antioxidants, defensive proteins, and enzymes can manifest synergistic plant responses to unfavorable factors.

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Abbreviations

HSR:

hypersensitivity response

ISR:

induced systemic resistance

SAR:

systemic acquired resistance

TMV:

tobacco mosaic virus

SA:

salicylic acid

SNP:

sodium nitroprusside

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Translated from Fiziologiya Rastenii, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2005, pp. 614–621.

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Ryabushkina, N.A. Synergism of Metabolite Action in Plant Responses to Stresses. Russ J Plant Physiol 52, 547–552 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11183-005-0081-y

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