Momordica dioica (family Cucurbitaceae), a perennial, dioecious climber with homomorphic sex chromosomes has been recently identified as a strategic plant for studying the early evolution of sex in angiosperms.
Rice serves also as a model plant for studies of biofuel perennial grasses, such as switchgrass and Miscanthus (Kellogg 2001).
In addition to this social importance, rice shows promise as an excellent model plant for studies on cereals.
Nipponbare widely used in rice genomic studies could be used as a suitable monocotyledon host plant for studying M. incognita pathogenicity mechanisms.
Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most important food crops, as well as a model plant for studies of agronomic traits.
Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate if rice could be used as a suitable host plant for studying M. incognita pathogenicity mechanisms and plant defense responses.
Rice (O. sativa) is an important food crop and a model crop plant for studying monocots.
Nicotiana benthamiana is a model plant for studies of host-pathogen interactions [23].
Lima bean (Fabaceae: Phaseolus lunatus L). represents a prominent experimental model plant for studies of inducible indirect plant defences against herbivores [1].
