Jasmonate signalling in carnivorous plants: copycat of plant defence mechanisms

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (13) ◽  
pp. 3379-3389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Pavlovič ◽  
Axel Mithöfer
Keyword(s):  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Carnivorous Plants ◽  
Signalling Pathways ◽  
Causal Connection ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Pathogenesis Related ◽  
Jasmonate Signalling ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

Abstract The lipid-derived jasmonate phytohormones (JAs) regulate a wide spectrum of physiological processes in plants such as growth, development, tolerance to abiotic stresses, and defence against pathogen infection and insect attack. Recently, a new role for JAs has been revealed in carnivorous plants. In these specialized plants, JAs can induce the formation of digestive cavities and regulate enzyme production in response to different stimuli from caught prey. Appearing to be a new function for JAs in plants, a closer look reveals that the signalling pathways involved resemble known signalling pathways from plant defence mechanisms. Moreover, the digestion-related secretome of carnivorous plants is composed of many pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins and low molecular weight compounds, indicating that the plant carnivory syndrome is related to and has evolved from plant defence mechanisms. This review describes the similarities between defence and carnivory. It further describes how, after recognition of caught insects, JAs enable the carnivorous plants to digest and benefit from the prey. In addition, a causal connection between electrical and jasmonate signalling is discussed.

scholarly journals Rapid screening of RNA silencing suppressors by using a recombinant virus derived from beet necrotic yellow vein virus

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 2536-2541 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Guilley ◽  
D. Bortolamiol ◽  
G. Jonard ◽  
S. Bouzoubaa ◽  
V. Ziegler-Graff
Keyword(s):  
Rna Silencing ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Plant Viruses ◽  
Yellow Vein ◽  
Rapid Screening ◽  
Silencing Suppressor ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Yellow Dwarf Virus ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

To counteract plant defence mechanisms, plant viruses have evolved to encode RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) proteins. These proteins can be identified by a range of silencing suppressor assays. Here, we describe a simple method using beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) that allows a rapid screening of RSS activity. The viral inoculum consisted of BNYVV RNA1, which encodes proteins involved in viral replication, and two BNYVV-derived replicons: rep3–P30, which expresses the movement protein P30 of tobacco mosaic virus, and rep5–X, which allows the expression of a putative RSS (X). This approach has been validated through the use of several known RSSs. Two potential candidates have been tested and we show that, in our system, the P13 protein of burdock mottle virus displays RSS activity while the P0 protein of cereal yellow dwarf virus-RPV does not.

scholarly journals Bać się czy się nie bać? Bioakumulacja, bioindykacja i toksyczność metali ciężkich Rośliny w świetle badań terenowych i laboratoryjnych

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-253
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Nadgórska-Socha
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Contamination Level ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Contamination Levels ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

Heavy metals that pose a threat to the environment include lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and mercury (Hg). Biomonitoring of environmental quality using plants is widely accepted as a reliable and inexpensive way of obtaining information on contamination also by heavy metals. It allows the assessment of the direction of changes in the natural environment and development of prognoses and methods for early warning related to predicted transformations in ecosystems. This paper presents the results of field and laboratory studies on floristic biodiversity in the areas of southern Poland related to extraction and processing of Zn and Pb ores. The paper also shows the selected plant defence mechanisms against the excess of heavy metals and the results of bioindication studies using different plant species, including the selected metallophytes related to the assessment of contamination levels and the most frequently used plant ecophysiological parameters. It is necessary to monitor contamination level, popularize knowledge and take action at the level of local authorities to mitigate adverse effects of human activity, bearing in mind possible bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the food chain and the adverse health effects associated with environmental contamination.

scholarly journals Isolation and characterization of Bacillus endophytic strains producers for non ribosomal lipopeptides NRLPs from tomato

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Walaa Hussein ◽  
Ramadan WA ◽  
Sameh Fahim
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Bacillus Species ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) are consid­ered one of the most important vegetable crops and infected by numbers of different diseases. Studying the use of biological alternatives, instead of chemical substances against plant diseases became necessary for the treatment by beneficial microorganisms endophytes, which can excrete natural products benefits to plant in reducing disease severity, promoting growth and inducing plant defence mechanisms. In this work, three endophytes strains were isolated from tomato stems and their 16srDNA have been found to belong to Bacillus species. The first strain was named BMG100, the second BMG101 and the third BMG102. Two Bacillus strains BMG100 and BMG101 have been found to harbour synthetases genes from three lipopeptides families; surfactin, plipastatin, and iturin (mycosubtilin) which can be detected by degenerated primers designed to detect the presence of synthetases genes encoding lipopeptides. The lipopeptides production was proved by their quantification using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), whereas BMG100 produced 105, 178 and 293 mg/L of plipastatin, mycosubtilin and surfactin, respectively, BMG101 produced 385 mg/L of surfactin and 236 mg/L of mycosubtilin, while BMG102 showed no lipopeptides production. Keywords: Tomato; Endophytic bacteria; Lipopeptides; Bacillus species

scholarly journals Plant Defence Mechanisms Are Modulated by the Circadian System

Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 454
Author(s):  
Ghazala Rauf Butt ◽  
Zainab Abdul Qayyum ◽  
Matthew Alan Jones
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Circadian Rhythms ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Bacterial Pathogen ◽  
Circadian System ◽  
Yield Losses ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Plant Pathogen Interaction ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

Plant health is an important aspect of food security, with pathogens, pests, and herbivores all contributing to yield losses in crops. Plants’ defence against pathogens is complex and utilises several metabolic processes, including the circadian system, to coordinate their response. In this review, we examine how plants’ circadian rhythms contribute to defence mechanisms, particularly in response to bacterial pathogen attack. Circadian rhythms contribute to many aspects of the plant–pathogen interaction, although significant gaps in our understanding remain to be explored. We conclude that if these relationships are explored further, better disease management strategies could be revealed.

Salivary proteins of plant-feeding hemipteroids – implication in phytophagy

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sharma ◽  
A.N. Khan ◽  
S. Subrahmanyam ◽  
A. Raman ◽  
G.S. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Tissue ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Acyrthosiphon Pisum ◽  
Plant Defence ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Microbial Pathogens ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Degrading Enzymes ◽  
Plant Defence Mechanisms

AbstractMany hemipteroids are major pests and vectors of microbial pathogens, infecting crops. Saliva of the hemipteroids is critical in enabling them to be voracious feeders on plants, including the economically important ones. A plethora of hemipteroid salivary enzymes is known to inflict stress in plants, either by degrading the plant tissue or by affecting their normal metabolism. Hemipteroids utilize one of the following three strategies of feeding behaviour: salivary sheath feeding, osmotic-pump feeding and cell-rupture feeding. The last strategy also includes several different tactics such as lacerate-and-flush, lacerate-and-sip and macerate-and-flush. Understanding hemipteroid feeding mechanisms is critical, since feeding behaviour directs salivary composition. Saliva of the Heteroptera that are specialized as fruit and seed feeders, includes cell-degrading enzymes, auchenorrhynchan salivary composition also predominantly consists of cell-degrading enzymes such as amylase and protease, whereas that of the Sternorhyncha includes a variety of allelochemical-detoxifying enzymes. Little is known about the salivary composition of the Thysanoptera. Cell-degrading proteins such as amylase, pectinase, cellulase and pectinesterase enable stylet entry into the plant tissue. In contrast, enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase, laccase and trehalase detoxify plant chemicals, enabling the circumvention of plant-defence mechanisms. Salivary enzymes such as M1-zinc metalloprotease and CLIP-domain serine protease as inAcyrthosiphon pisum(Aphididae), and non-enzymatic proteins such as apolipophorin, ficolin-3-like protein and ‘lava-lamp’ protein as inDiuraphis noxia(Aphididae) have the capacity to alter host-plant-defence mechanisms. A majority of the hemipteroids feed on phloem, hence Ca++-binding proteins such as C002 protein, calreticulin-like isoform 1 and calmodulin (critical for preventing sieve-plate occlusion) are increasingly being recognized in hemipteroid–plant interactions. Determination of a staggering variety of proteins shows the complexity of hemipteroid saliva: effector proteins localized in hemipteran saliva suggest a similarity to the physiology of pathogen–plant interactions.

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