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Systemic Resistance Induction by Vascular and Airborne Signaling

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Progress in Botany 71

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 71))

Abstract

Plants cannot escape spatially from harmful abiotic conditions or enemy attack. Therefore, they use both constitutive and inducible defense mechanisms to fend off pathogens and herbivores. Resistance induced in response to local attack is often expressed systemically, i.e., in yet undamaged organs. The search for the long-distance signals mediating systemic resistance led to the identification of hormones, such as jasmonic acid (JA), salicylic acid (SA), and ethylene, as well as volatiles and small RNA molecules. This research also revealed that different plant species may use different hormones to mount phenotypically similar resistance responses. Long-distance signals can directly activate defense, or prime for stronger and faster defense induction. Earlier research has focused on vascular transport of signaling metabolites, but volatiles can play a critical role as well. As volatiles move freely through air, they can prime and induce resistance in remote organs of the same individual and in neighboring plants. We compare the advantages and restraints of vascular and airborne signals for the plant and discuss how they can act in synergy to achieve an optimized resistance in distal plant parts.

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Heil, M., Ton, J. (2010). Systemic Resistance Induction by Vascular and Airborne Signaling. In: Lüttge, U., Beyschlag, W., Büdel, B., Francis, D. (eds) Progress in Botany 71. Progress in Botany, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02167-1_11

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