Figure 6
Developmental control of preformed expression of defense in tropical japonica rice. The last leaves of plants at different developmental stages (2 to 8 weeks) were simultaneously harvested and analyzed for preformed expression of defense. Two tropical japonica cultivars (Moroberekan and Azucena) were selected as representative of cultivars showing high preformed expression of defense. The example of four genes is shown: POX223 (A), RBBI2 (B), PBZ1 (C), SPL7 (D) and similar results were found with four other genes (data not shown)