Articles
BASAL AND INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN ORNAMENTALS
Article number
1087_64
Pages
473 – 478
Language
English
Abstract
Ornamental plants are challenged by a wide range of biotrophic, hemibiotrophic and necrotrophic microbial pathogens.
Here, an overview is given how plants defend themselves against these pathogens via a range of constitutive and inducible defense mechanisms.
Inducible defense is triggered when pathogens break through the first line of pre-formed defense and is based on recognition of pathogen-or damage-associated molecular patterns and effectors by means of membrane or cytosolic receptors.
Upon recognition a complex immune response is activated characterized by cell wall reinforcements, the induction of pathogenesis-related proteins, antimicrobial compounds and specific blends of plant hormones.
Genomic strategies can help in identifying core effectors and corresponding receptors to obtain durable disease resistance.
Induced resistance is a non-specific form of disease resistance in plants that can be triggered by a wide range of inducers of chemical or biological origin.
We discuss how this knowledge can be applied to obtain disease resistance in ornamentals.
Here, an overview is given how plants defend themselves against these pathogens via a range of constitutive and inducible defense mechanisms.
Inducible defense is triggered when pathogens break through the first line of pre-formed defense and is based on recognition of pathogen-or damage-associated molecular patterns and effectors by means of membrane or cytosolic receptors.
Upon recognition a complex immune response is activated characterized by cell wall reinforcements, the induction of pathogenesis-related proteins, antimicrobial compounds and specific blends of plant hormones.
Genomic strategies can help in identifying core effectors and corresponding receptors to obtain durable disease resistance.
Induced resistance is a non-specific form of disease resistance in plants that can be triggered by a wide range of inducers of chemical or biological origin.
We discuss how this knowledge can be applied to obtain disease resistance in ornamentals.
Authors
M. Höfte
Keywords
basal immunity, effector proteins, effector triggered immunity, induced systemic resistance, plant hormones, resistance genes, systemic acquired resistance
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