Cut dahlia (Dahlia Cav.) flowers have recently become popular, but their marketability has been limited due to poor vase life. The purposes of this study were clarify the roles leaves and inflorescences in senescence cut dahlias discuss sink-source relationship between vegetative organs inflorescences. leaf life was maintained much longer (16.7 days) than inflorescence (7.4 days). not affected ...

• Transformed aubergine plants constitutively expressing the Dm-AMP1 antimicrobial defensin (from Dahlia merckii ) were generated and characterized. • Transgenic plants were selected on kanamycin and screened by polymerase chain reaction analysis. The expression of Dm-AMP1 in plant tissues and its release in root exudates were detected by Western blot analyses. Dm-AMP1 localization was performe...