Cell death and multiple disease resistance conferred by interrupted chlorophyll degradation in maize

By integrated defense-associated phytohormones, transcriptomic, and metabolomic of the les30 mutant, the interactive amplification of cell death and defense-associated genes as well as the interplay between chlorophyll metabolism and phytohormone/secondary metabolite associated disease resistance was revealed, shedding new light onto the mechanism of lesion formation and broad-spectrum resistance conferred by interruption of chlorophyll degradation in maize