Avoidance of detrimental defense responses in beneficial plant-microbe interactions.

Benjamin Gourion, Pascal Ratet

Journal: Current opinion in biotechnology 2021;70():266-272

PMID: 34252756

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Abstract

In the environment microbes interact with plants and provide them with benefits that include protection against biotic and abiotic stresses as well as improved nutrition. However, plants are also exposed to parasites and pathogens. To manage appropriate responses, evolution has resulted in improved tolerance of plants to beneficial microbes while keeping the ability to recognize detrimental ones and to develop defense responses. Here we review the mechanisms involved in these interactions. We also discuss how the interactions might be handled to improve crop resistance to pathogens without losing the ability to establish beneficial interactions.

Address: LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France.; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, INRAE, Univ Evry, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), 91405, Orsay, France; Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay IPS2, Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, 91405, Orsay, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.06.008

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MeSH Terms: Plants, Stress, Physiological