Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Calcium-Induced Defense Response in Barley Against Magnaporthe oryzae
It is found that exogenous 50 mM calcium chloride treatment reduced the number of barley leaf lesions per plant and the expression levels of disease-resistance-related genes THN3, RGA4, and FAR4 were significantly reduced in the CaCl2-treated and pathogen-inoculated group compared with the control.