Short title: pPGI-independent responses to microbial VCs Corresponding author: Dr. Javier Pozueta Romero Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Gobierno de Navarra and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain E-mail:
[email protected] Tel: (34)948168009, FAX: (34)948232191 Research Area: Signalling and Response 1 Title: Arabidopsis responds to Alternaria alternata volatiles by triggering pPGI- independent mechanisms Authors: Ángela María Sánchez-López1*, Abdellatif Bahaji1*, Nuria De Diego2*, Marouane Baslam1, Jun Li1, Francisco José Muñoz1, Goizeder Almagro1, Pablo García- Gómez1, Kinia Ameztoy1, Adriana Ricarte-Bermejo1, Ondřej Novák3, Jan F. Humplík2, Lukáš Spíchal2, Karel Doležal2, Sergio Ciordia4, María Carmen Mena4, Rosana Navajas4, Edurne Baroja-Fernández1, and Javier Pozueta-Romero1 Addresses: (1) Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra). Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain. (2) Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic. (3) Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Faculty of Science, Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR, Olomouc, CZ-78371, Czech Republic. (4) Unidad de Proteómica Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Darwin 3, Campus de Cantoblanco,