Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern-Triggered Immunity.

ABSTRACT: Chitin triggers localised and systemic plant immune responses, making it a promising treatment for sustainable disease resistance. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying chitin-induced systemic effects in plants remain unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of soil amendment with crab chitin flakes (hereafter chitin) on pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and systemic disease resistance in various plant species. We found that soil amendment with chitin potentiates PTI and disease resistance against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in lettuce, tomato and Arabidopsis as well as against the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), which causes powdery mildew in wheat. Using micrografting in Arabidopsis, we demonstrated that t

SUBMITTER: Makechemu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12576444 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature