Extrafloral nectary–the sleeping beauty of plant science

Abstract

Abstract Cotton is one of the most important cash crops, its growth season coincides with a high incidence of diverse groups of pests, leading to heavy use of pesticides. Recent identification of a signaling protein as a candidate regulator of cotton extrafloral nectary provides a new insight into the formation of sophisticated defense mechanisms in plants.

Keywords

• Extrafloral nectary
• PB1 domain
• GaNEC1I
• Cotton
• Gossypium
• Indirect defense