Pathogen-derived mechanical cues potentiate the spatio-temporal implementation of plant defense.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ongoing adaptation of plants to their environment is the basis for their survival. In this adaptation, mechanoperception of gravity and local curvature plays a role of prime importance in finely regulating growth and ensuring a dynamic balance preventing buckling. However, the abiotic environment is not the exclusive cause of mechanical stimuli. Biotic interactions between plants and microorganisms also involve physical forces and potentially mechanoperception. Whether pathogens trigger mechanoperception in plants and the impact of mechanotransduction on the regulation of plant defense remains however elusive.

Results

Here, we found that the perception of pathogen-derived mechanical cues by microtubules potentiates the spatio-temporal implementation of plant i

SUBMITTER: Leger O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795618 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature