{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["4"],"submitter":["Song YY"],"pubmed_abstract":["Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) link multiple plants together. We hypothesized that CMNs can serve as an underground conduit for transferring herbivore-induced defence signals. We established CMN between two tomato plants in pots with mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis mosseae, challenged a 'donor' plant with caterpillar Spodoptera litura, and investigated defence responses and insect resistance in neighbouring CMN-connected 'receiver' plants. After CMN establishment caterpillar infestation on 'donor' plant led to increased insect resistance and activities of putative defensive enzymes, induction of defence-related genes and activation of jasmonate (JA) pathway in the 'receiver' plant. However, use of a JA biosynthesis defective mutant spr2 as 'donor' plants resulted in no induction of de"],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["3915"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3904153"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants."],"pmcid":["PMC3904153"],"pubmed_authors":["Ye M","Luo SM","Li C","Wang RL","Song YY","He X","Su YJ","Zhu-Salzman K","Zeng RS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants.","description":"Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) link multiple plants together. We hypothesized that CMNs can serve as an underground conduit for transferring herbivore-induced defence signals. We established CMN between two tomato plants in pots with mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis mosseae, challenged a 'donor' plant with caterpillar Spodoptera litura, and investigated defence responses and insect resistance in neighbouring CMN-connected 'receiver' plants. After CMN establishment caterpillar infestation on 'donor' plant led to increased insect resistance and activities of putative defensive enzymes, induction of defence-related genes and activation of jasmonate (JA) pathway in the 'receiver' plant. However, use of a JA biosynthesis defective mutant spr2 as 'donor' plants resulted in no induction of de","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Jan","modification":"2025-04-18T18:18:22.232Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:20:44Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3904153","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24468912"],"doi":["10.1038/srep03915"]}}