Abstract
Nutrition level of plants and their defense mechanism are highly interrelated. A large number of studies showed the beneficial effects of some mineral nutrients on both health and natural defense of different crops in response to the action of diverse types of pathogens. The main biochemical pathways and mechanisms involved in natural plant defense response against the attack of pathogens through schematic presentation is necessary in order to evaluate the potential role of certain mineral nutrients in the correct expression of this plant response. Defining the biological-chemical character of the action of different mineral nutrients on the activation of plant defense mechanisms has lend strong support in favor of existing synergies. As a function of the biological character of these effects, the action of each nutrient will be included in a specific level or class enclosed in the above-mentioned general classification.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Blée E (1998) Phytooxylipins and plant defense reactions. Prog Lipid Res 37:33–72
Boller T, Felix GA (2009) Renaissance of elicitors: perception of microbe-associated molecular patterns and danger signals by pattern-recognition receptors. Annu Rev Plant Biol 60:379–406
Boller T, He SY (2009) Innate immunity in plants: an arms race between pattern recognition receptors in plants and effectors in microbial pathogens. Science 324:742–744
Bolwell GP, Wojtaszek P (1997) Mechanisms for the generation of reactive oxygen species in plant defence – a broad perspective. Physiol Mol Plant Pathol 51:347–366
Carswell Ch, Grant B, Theodorou M et al (1996) The fungicide phosphonate disrupts the phosphate-starvation response in Brassica nigra seedlings. Plant Physiol 110:105–110
Cenoz S, García Cantera R, García-Mina JM (1998) Effect of diverse formulations on PAL activity and the in vitro and in vivo development of Penicillium expansum in apple fruits (Fuji sp.) Spanish (Efecto de diferentes productos de origen natural sobre la actividad PAL y el control del crecimiento del hongo in vitro e in vivo en manzanas (Fuji sp.) infectadas por Penicillium expansum) Inab-Rapp. No 148. Roullier Group, Pamplona (Spain)
Dann EK, Muir S (2002) Peas grown in media with elevated plant-available silicon levels have higher activities of chitinases and β-1,3 Glucanase, are less susceptible to a fungal leaf spot pathogen and accumulate more foliar silicon. Australas Plant Pathol 31:9–13
Datnoff EL, Elmer WH, Huber DM (2007a) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopayhological Society, St. Paul
Datnoff LE, Rodrigues FA, Seebold KW (2007b) Silicon and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopayhological Society, St. Paul
Deslandes L, Rivas S (2011) The plant cell nucleus: a true arena for the fight between plants and pathogens. Plant Signal Behav 6:42–48
Duffy B (2007) Zinc and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St Paul, pp 155–176
Evans I, Solberg E, Huber DM (2007) Copper and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Expert D (2007) Iron and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Ferrari D, Garcia-Mina JM (2004) Efficacy evaluation of eurofit viti and max formulations against Phytophthora citrophthora on Citrus sp. in southern Italy. Spanish (Eficiencia del producto Eurofit Max en el control de la afección causada por Phytophthora citrophthora en naranjos cultivados en condiciones de campo). Lev Agr 371:217–220
García-Mina JM, Cenoz S, García Cantera R et al (1999) Composición capaz de estimular el mecanismo de defensa adquirida de las plantas. Spanish Patent 2 134 167
Garnica M, Houdusse F, Zamarreño AM et al (2010) Nitrate supply enhances active forms of cytokinins and indole acetic content and reduces abscisic acid in wheat plants grown with ammonium. J Plant Physiol 167:1264–1272
Gen-Ichiro A, Ozawa R, Massimo EM (2011) Recent advances in plant early signaling in response to herbivory. Int J Mol Sci 12:3723–3739
Graham RD, Stangoulis JCR (2007) Molybdenum and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Guest D, Grant B (1991) The complex action of phosphonates as antifungal agents. Biol Rev 66:159–187
Haneklaus S, Bloem E, Schnug E (2007) Sulfur and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Huber DM, Thompson IA (2007) Nitrogen and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
John M, Röhrig H, Schmidt J et al (1997) Cell signaling by oligosacharides. Trends Plant Sci 2:111–115
Jones JD, Dangl JL (2006) The plant immune system. Nature 444:323–329
Jones JF, Huber DM (2007) Magnesium and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Lapeña I, Tuset JJ, García-Mina JM (2003) Effect of diverse phosphorous acid-based formulations on the disease caused by Phytophthora citrophthora in orange plant seedlings Spanish (Efecto fungitóxico del acido fosforoso en naranjo dulce a la infección con zoosporas de Phytophthora citrophthora). Bol San Veg Plagas 29:413–420
Liñan C (2011) Vademecum de productos fitosanitarios y nutricionales. Spanish (Compendium of pesticides and nutritional products in Spanish market). Ediciones Agrotécnicas, Madrid
Lorenzo O, Solano R (2005) Molecular players regulating the jasmonate signalling network. Curr Opin Plant Biol 8:532–540
Ma W, Qi Z, Smigel A et al (2009) Ca2+, cAMP, and transduction of non-self perception during plant immune responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106:20995–21000
Maekawa K, Watanabe K, Kanto T et al (2002) Accumulation of silicon around penetration sites of Magnaporthe grisea and silicon-dependent promotion of superoxide generation after inoculation of rice leaf. In: Matoh T (ed) Second “silicon in agriculture” conference. Press-Net, Kioto
Manandhar HK, Jorgensen H, Mathur SB et al (1998) Resistance to rice blast induced by iron chloride, di-potassium hydrogen phosphate and salicylic acid. Crop Prot 17:323–329
Marschner H (1995) Mineral nutrition of higher plants. Academic, San Diego
McDonald AE, Grant BR, Plaxton WC (2001) Phosphite (phosphorous acid): its relevance in the environment and agriculture and influence on plant phosphate starvation response. J Plant Nutr 24:1505–1519
Mur LAJ, Kenton P, Atzorn R et al (2006) The outcomes of concentration-specific interactions between salicylate and jasmonate signaling include synergy, antagonism, and oxidative stress leading to cell death. Plant Physiol 140:249–262
Niki T, Mitsuhara I, Seo S et al (1998) Antagonistic effect of salicylic acid and jasmonic acid on the expression of PR protein genes in wounded mature tobacco leaves. Plant Cell Physiol 39:500–507
Ohashi Y, Ohshima M (1992) Stress-induced expression of genes for pathogenesis-relates proteins in plants. Plant Cell Physiol 33:819–826
Prabhu AS, Fageria NK, Huber DM et al (2007a) Potassium and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Prabhu AS, Fageria NK, Berni RF et al (2007b) Phosphorus and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Rahman M, Punja ZK (2007) Calcium and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Reuveni R, Reuveni M (1998) Foliar fertilizer therapy. Crop Prot 17:111–118
Reuveni R, Dor G, Reuveni M (1998a) Local and systemic control of powery mildew (Leveillula taurica) on pepper plants by foliar spray of mono-potassium phosphate. Crop Prot 17:703–709
Reuveni R, Oppenheim D, Reuveni M (1998b) Integrated control of powery mildew on apple trees by foliar spray of mono-potassium phosphate and sterol inhibiting fungicides. Crop Prot 17:563–568
Reymond P, Farmer EE (1998) Jasmonate and salicylate as global signals for defense gene expression. Curr Opin Plant Biol 1:404–411
Rickard DA (2000) Review of phosphorous acid and its salts as fertilizer materials. J Plant Nutr 23:161–180
Rodrigues FA, McNally DJ, Datnoff LE et al (2004) Silicon enhances the accumulation of diterpenoid phytoalexins in rice: a potential mechanism for blast resistance. Phytopathology 94:177–183
Ryals JA, Neuenschwander UH, Willits M et al (1996) Systemic acquired resistance. Plant Cell 8:1809–1819
Saindrenan P, Guest D (1995) Involvement of phytoalexins in the response of phosphonate-treated plants to infection by phytophthora species. In: Daniel M, Purkasyastha RP (eds) Handbook of phytoalexin metabolism and action. Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York
Sakakibara H, Takei K, Hirose N (2006) Interactions between nitrogen and cytokinin in the regulation of metabolism and development. Trends Plant Sci 11:440–448
Stangoulis JCR, Graham RD (2007) Boron and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Tamás L, Huttová J (1996) Accumulation of pathogenesis-related proteins in barley induced by phosphate and salicylic acid. Biologia (Bratislaba) 51:479–484
Thompson IA, Huber DM (2007) Manganese and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Wood BW, Reilly CHC (2007) Nickel and plant disease. In: Datnoff LE et al (eds) Mineral nutrition and plant disease. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul
Xu Y, Chang P, Liu M et al (1994) Plant defense genes are synergistically induced by ethylene and methyl jasmonate. Plant Cell 6:1077–1085
Zamarreño AM, Urdaniz A, García-Mina JM (2002) Effects of formulations containing phosphite and phosphate on the mineral nutrition and growth of wheat plant seedlings. Spanish (Distribución de la fracción soluble de los aniones fosfato y fosfito en plantas de trigo tratadas con aplicaciones foliares de ambas fuentes de fósforo, y su relación con el desarrollo de las plantas). In: Abadia J et al (eds) Actas del IX Simposio Ibérico sobre nutrición mineral de las plantas. Institución Fernando el Católico (Diputación de Zaragoza), Zaragoza (Spain) No 2295
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Garcia-Mina, J.M. (2012). Plant Nutrition and Defense Mechanism: Frontier Knowledge. In: Srivastava, A. (eds) Advances in Citrus Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4171-3_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4171-3_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-007-4170-6
Online ISBN: 978-94-007-4171-3
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)