Abstract:To ward off pathogens, plants establish innate immunity system in which salicylic acid (SA) plays an important role. The downy mildew of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is an oomycete disease caused by biotrophic pathogen Sclerospora graminicola, which seriously affects the yield and quality of foxtail millet. However, it is not clear how SA regulating the defense responses of foxtail millet. In this study, we found that spraying exogenous SA of low concentration (1 mM and 3 mM) had good effect on enhancing t… Show more
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