Record ID No. |
2005 |
Author(s) |
Pieterse C.M.J., Dicke M , 2007 |
Affiliation |
Wageningen University, Entomol Lab, PO Box 8031, NL-6700 EH Wageningen, NETHERLANDS |
Title |
Plant interactions with microbes and insects: from molecular mechanisms to ecology |
Source. Vol.(no):Page |
Trends in Plant Science.12(12):564-569p. |
Categories |
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza |
Subjects |
Biochemistry |
Sub-subjects |
Miscellaneous |
Organism |
n.a. |
Country |
NETHERLANDS, Europe |
Abstracts |
Plants are members of complex communities and interact both with antagonists and
beneficial organisms. An important question in plant defense-signaling research is how plants
integrate signals induced by pathogens, beneficial microbes and insects into the most appropriate
adaptive response. Molecular and genomic tools are now being used to uncover the complexity of
the induced defense signaling networks that have evolved during the arms races between plants and
their attackers. Molecular biologists and ecologists are joining forces to place molecular
mechanisms of plant defense into an ecological perspective. Here, we review our current
understanding of the molecular mechanisms of induced plant defense and their potential ecological
relevance in nature.
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