Prunus dulcis response to novel defense elicitor peptides and control of Xylella fastidiosa infections.

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New defense elicitor peptides have been identified which control Xylella fastidiosa infections in almond. Xylella fastidiosa is a plant pathogenic bacterium that has been introduced in the European Union (EU), threatening the agricultural economy of relevant Mediterranean crops such as almond (Prunus dulcis). Plant defense elicitor peptides would be promising to manage diseases such as almond leaf scorch, but their effect on the host has not been fully studied. In this work, the response of almond plants to the defense elicitor peptide flg22-NH₂ was studied in depth using RNA-seq, confirming the activation of the salicylic acid and abscisic acid pathways. Marker genes related to the response triggered by flg22-NH₂ were used to study the effect of t

SUBMITTER: Moll L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11231009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature