Overexpression Compromises Tolerance to in Hexaploid and Tetraploid Wheat.

12-Oxophytodienoate reductase is the enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of phytohormone jasmonates, which are considered to be the major regulators of plant tolerance to biotic challenges, especially necrotrophic pathogens. However, we observe compromised tolerance to the necrotrophic fungal pathogen in transgenic hexaploid bread wheat and tetraploid emmer wheat plants overexpressing gene from , while in Arabidopsis plants themselves, endogenously produced and exogenously applied jasmonates exert a strong protective effect against . Exogenous application of methyl jasmonate on hexaploid and tetraploid wheat leaves suppresses tolerance to and induces the formation of chlorotic damages.