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The Role of Auxin in Root-Symbiont and Root-Pathogen Interactions: From Development to Defense

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Progress in Botany 71

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Plants live in constant contact with microorganisms, many of which have profound effects on the growth and development of plant hosts. The plant hormone auxin regulates cell enlargement, cell division, and organogenesis, and is therefore a likely target for microorganisms that manipulate plants. In context of this chapter, the term microorganisms will be used to include bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and protozoans. Many microorganisms can synthesize auxin themselves. Others produce specific signals that indirectly alter the plant auxin balance, for example, through effects on auxin transport, metabolism, or signaling. This chapter highlights plant–microorganism interactions, in which auxin is targeted by symbionts and pathogens to manipulate the development of their plant host. Auxin signaling is also necessary for the regulation of plant defense responses against pathogens, and downregulation of auxin signaling has emerged as a strategy of plants to inhibit pathogen infection. Thus, the regulation of auxin signaling is a balancing act between influences of both the plant and the microbial partner. One future challenge will be to identify the microbial signal molecules that regulate the plant auxin balance, and to find out how the plant integrates the perception of several of these signals at the same time.

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I thank the Australian Research Council (ARC) for funding through an Australian Research Fellowship (DP0557692) and through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (CE0348212).

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Mathesius, U. (2010). The Role of Auxin in Root-Symbiont and Root-Pathogen Interactions: From Development to Defense. 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_8

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