The Hidden World within Plants
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Microbe Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 67684
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phytoalexins; chemistry of natural products; secondary metabolites; plant defences
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Interests: plant-microbe interaction; stress physiology plants responses to biotic and abiotic stress; crop protection; biological control
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Interests: plant–microbe interaction; mycology; crop protection; biological control; horticultural crops
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants offer an exceptional ecosystem for microorganisms, including members of phyla as diverse as viruses, bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, and eukaryotic protozoans, which intimately interact with plant cells and tissues with different levels of dependence ranging from mutualism to pathogenicity.
Some of these microorganisms cause harm by employing diverse strategies to attack plants and impair plant growth and reproduction, others improve the plant growth through different physiological activities that may have profound effects on the growth and/or health of plants. On the other hand, beneficial microorganisms are able to improve the plant fitness through different physiological activities that may have a profound effect on their growth and/or health. They are also able to compete with pathogens for nutrients and niches or exert antagonism through antimicrobial compounds. These beneficial microbes are also able to interfere with pathogen signals or trigger the plant host immunity.
Why do some microbes attack only certain plants? Is it because those plants are genetically less well-armed to repel pathogen attacks, or because the pathogens have the required arsenals to invade plant tissues? Why are some microbes pathogenic, and others not? How are beneficial microorganisms able to modulate the plant’s signaling to trigger the plant immunity?
These are some questions that will be targeted in this Issue. We encourage the contribution of high-quality and review articles related to different aspects of plant–microbe interactions.
Prof Dr. Philippe Jeandet
Prof. Dr. Essaid Ait Barka
Prof. Dr. Rachid Lahlali
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- beneficial microorganisms
- pathogens
- plant immunity
- plant–microbe interaction
- virulence factors
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