1. Plant immune responses triggered by beneficial microbes
- Author
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van Wees, S.C.M., van der Ent, S., Pieterse, C.M.J., Phytopathology, Dep Biologie, Phytopathology, and Dep Biologie
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Plant innate immunity ,Plant Science ,Plant defense signaling ,Rhizobacteria ,Microbiology ,Quantitative Trait, Heritable ,Biologie/Milieukunde (BIOL) ,Immune system ,Immunity ,Pseudomonas ,Mycorrhizal fungi ,Taverne ,Botany ,Plant biology (Botany) ,Herbivore ,Bacteria ,biology ,fungi ,Fungi ,food and beverages ,Plants ,biology.organism_classification ,Life sciences ,Beneficial microbes ,Crop protection ,Biological control ,Signal transduction ,Biologie ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Beneficial soil-borne microorganisms, such as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and mycorrhizal fungi, can improve plant performance by inducing systemic defense responses that confer broad-spectrum resistance to plant pathogens and even insect herbivores. Different beneficial microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) are recognized by the plant, which results in a mild, but effective activation of the plant immune responses in systemic tissues. Evidence is accumulating that systemic resistance induced by different beneficials is regulated by similar jasmonate-dependent and ethylene-dependent signaling pathways and is associated with priming for enhanced defense.
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- 2008