Abstract

Soil-based growth cabinet and greenhouse experiments were designed to determine whether a resistance response previously noted in Trifolium repens to the clover cyst nematode Heterodera trifolii was systemic and also effective against a pest from a different taxon. Root applications of benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid-S-methyl ester (BTH) or a Pseudomonas -like bacterial strain P29 to white clover seedlings induced resistance to the blue-green aphid, Acyrthosiphon kondoi . A similar response was observed in the annual medic, Medicago truncatula var truncatula . Estimation of lignin and callose content of whole plants at the termination of the bioassay showed no differences between treated and control plants. The significance of these findings is discussed.

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