Brassinosteroids-Induced Systemic Stress Tolerance was Associated with Increased Transcripts of Several Defence-Related Genes in the Phloem in Cucumis sativus

• Pingfang Li,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Li Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Yanhong Zhou ,

  * E-mail: yanhongzhou@zju.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Xiaojian Xia,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Kai Shi,

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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• Zhixiang Chen,

  Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Jingquan Yu

  Affiliations Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Ministry of Agricultural, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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