Effector Arsenal of Plant Parasites and Ecological Implications
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 2448
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant/arthropod interaction; effector; plant defense manipulation; solanaceae; tetranychus; acari; agroecology
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant defense manipulation by plant consumers has received much attention in recent years. Molecular mechanisms involved in defense suppression have revealed new insights into the plant defense response and physiological aspects of plant parasites (pathogens and herbivores). Molecules that release plant parasites involved in plant manipulation are called effectors and, nowadays, are considered the main players in the interaction. Plant defense suppression has an impact on population levels, given that manipulated plants become more suitable for other competitors. These drawbacks lead to the following question: why is the plant suppression ability so widespread among plant consumers?
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect new articles (original research papers, perspectives, opinions, reviews, modeling approaches) that contribute new insights in the field of plant defense manipulation from a broad point of view, accepting manuscripts that are focused on the molecular mechanisms responsible for plant defense suppression and/or that study the ecological implications of plant defense manipulation.
Dr. Juan Manuel Alba Cano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant defense suppression
- effectors
- hormonal crosstalk
- plant pathogenes
- herbivores
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