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The Application of Oligosaccharides as Plant Vaccines

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Plant diseases and insect pests constitute one of the main factors of restricted agriculture development. To resist the damage caused by pathogens and pests, plants have evolved very sophisticated mechanisms of immunity to combat them using as little reserved or generated energy as possible. The immune mechanisms of plants can be activated by outside elicitors, and may be applied to control plant disease. An oligosaccharide is a type of elicitor, also called plant vaccine, that has a beneficial effect on agricultural production. The author has summarized the effects of oligochitosan on crop disease control, preventing chilling injury, and promoting plant growth in field experiments. Oligochitosan is multifunctional plant immune vaccine. It can effectively control crop diseases at 50 parts per million (ppm), effectively prevent chilling injury caused by the late spring coldness at 75 ppm, and can promote the growth of crops. These results show that there are bright prospects for the application and study of oligosaccharins.

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  1. Biotechnology Department, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Xiaoming Zhao Ph.D., Wenxia Wang Ph.D., Yuguang Du Ph.D. & Heng Yin Ph.D.

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    Yuguang Du Ph.D.

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Zhao, X., Wang, W., Du, Y., Yin, H. (2016). The Application of Oligosaccharides as Plant Vaccines. In: Yin, H., Du, Y. (eds) Research Progress in Oligosaccharins. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3518-5_7

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