Abstract
AbstractTo combat microbial pathogens, plants have evolved specific immune responses that can be divided into three essential steps: microbial recognition by immune receptors, signal transduction within plant cells, and immune execution directly suppressing pathogens. During the past three decades, many plant immune receptors and signaling components and their mode of action have been revealed, markedly advancing our understanding of the first two steps. Activation of immune signaling results in physical and chemical actions that actually stop pathogen infection. Nevertheless, this third step of plant immunity is under explored. In addition to immune execution by plants, recent evidence suggests that the plant microbiota, which is considered an additional layer of the plant immune system, also plays a critical role in direct pathogen suppression. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of how plant immunity as well as microbiota control pathogen growth and behavior and highlight outstanding questions that need to be answered.
Funder
The National Key R&D Program of China
The National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universties
HZAU-AGIS Cooperation Fund
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
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