“…However, the wound response, the induction of VOCs, the effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and even the resistance to necrotrophic pathogens such as B. cinerea and Alternaria brassiccicola are mediated via JA signaling (Wasternack and Parthier, 1997;Pieterse et al, 1998;Schilmiller and Howe, 2005;Francia et al, 2007;Heil, 2008;Heil and Ton, 2008). In contrast, systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to biotrophic pathogens in many plant species is mediated by SA signaling, which increases the expression of phytoalexins and of several PATHOGENESIS-RELATED (PR) proteins (van Loon, 1997;Hammerschmidt and SmithBecker, 1999;Durrant and Dong, 2004) and which usually is thought to act as an antagonist to JA signaling (Maleck et al, 2000;Pieterse and Dicke, 2007;Korneef and Pieterse, 2008). The volatile derivative of SA, methyl salicylate (MeSA), has been proposed as the most likely systemic signal (Park et al, 2007).…”