When the story proceeds backward: The discovery of endogenous β-aminobutyric acid as the missing link for a potential new plant hormone

The capacity of β-aminobutyric acid (BABA) to induce resistance in plants against biotic and abiotic stresses has been known for more than 50 y. In the beginning reports were mainly descriptive of the phenomenon, but it became clear with the discovery of BABA insensitive mutants in Arabidopsis that...

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Published in:Communicative & Integrative Biology
Main Authors: Ivan Baccelli, Brigitte Mauch-Mani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2017.1290019