Plant Defense Genes Against Biotic Stresses
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018) | Viewed by 168408
Special Issue Editor
Interests: molecular events in the plant-pest interactions; plant perception and responses to phytophagous insects and mites; biotic stresses; control of pests and pathogens
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant–pest and pathogen relationships are intricate interactions encompassing complex networks of molecules and signalling pathways and strategies to overcome defenses developed by each other. The induction of plant defense genes is initiated when specific receptors recognize either the presence of a pathogen (fungi, bacteria, and virus), or a pest (phytophagous insect, acai, or nematode), or the damage incurred by them, or even the existence of volatiles, emitted as plant–plant cues. The success of plants in withstanding biotic stresses depends on their fast response by triggering a wide range of specific genes and compounds with defense properties. These plant defences locally or systemically induced by biotic stresses are regulated by a complex hormonal cross-talk. Transcriptomic and proteomic profiles have demonstrated that plants may discriminate among species of pathogens and pests and activate specific responses. Metabolomic approaches have corroborated plants’ ability to differentiate species and determine the onset of indirect defense responses to complement the direct defenses.
This Special Issue calls all researchers involved in deciphering how plants use a wide and specific battery of genes to fight against pathogens and pests. Original articles and reviews covering all aspects on the understanding in the field of plant response to biotic stresses are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Isabel Diaz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- early and late plant responses to pathogens and pest
- elicitors, effectors and plant receptors
- direct and indirect plant defense
- plant signal transduction and gene expression
- hormonal crosstalk in plant defenses
- plant defense and fitness
- plant-microbe interactions
- plant-pest interactions
- plant defenses against multiple
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