Salicylic acid (SA) is a small phenolic compound whose therapeutic properties on human
health have long been described. In plants, it is a key phytohormone that controls many …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a phytohormone that plays important roles in many aspects of plant life,
notably in plant defenses against pathogens. Key mechanisms of SA signal transduction …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a key plant hormone required for establishing resistance to many
pathogens. SA biosynthesis involves two main metabolic pathways with multiple steps: the …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a potent inducer of defense gene expression in plants, but how SA
activates transcription has been controversial. In this issue of Cell, Ding et al. show that the …

The phytohormone salicylic acid (SA) is a small phenolic compound that regulates diverse
physiological processes, in particular plant resistance against pathogens. Understanding SA …

Salicylic acid (SA) plays pivotal role in plant defense against biotrophic and hemibiotrophic
pathogens. Tremendous progress has been made in the field of SA biosynthesis and SA …

Salicylic acid (SA) is synthesised by plants in response to challenge by a diverse range of
phytopathogens and is essential to the establishment of both local and systemic-acquired …

Highlights•Salicylic acid (SA) is a plant defense hormone with critical roles in PTI, ETI and
SAR.•Induction of SA synthesis is orchestrated via complex transcriptional regulation of …

Nature paper from Xinnian Dong's group demonstrates that the NPR1 paralogues NPR3
and NPR4 directly bind SA, and this binding modulates their interaction with NPR1 and …

The small phenolic compound salicylic acid (SA) is critical for plant defense against a broad
spectrum of pathogens and responses to different abiotic stress conditions. Particularly in …