Contrasting plant transcriptome responses between a pierce-sucking and a chewing herbivore go beyond the infestation site.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plants have acquired a repertoire of mechanisms to combat biotic stressors, which may vary depending on the feeding strategies of herbivores and the plant species. Hormonal regulation crucially modulates this malleable defense response. Jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) stand out as pivotal regulators of defense, while other hormones like abscisic acid (ABA), ethylene (ET), gibberellic acid (GA) or auxin also play a role in modulating plant-pest interactions. The plant defense response has been described to elicit effects in distal tissues, whereby aboveground herbivory can influence belowground response, and vice versa. This impact on distal tissues may be contingent upon the feeding guild, even affecting both the recovery of infested tissues and those that hav

SUBMITTER: Montesinos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875829 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature