Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity

K Bi, Y Liang, T Mengiste, A Sharon - Trends in plant science, 2023 - cell.com
Botrytis cinerea, a widespread plant pathogen with a necrotrophic lifestyle, causes gray
mold disease in many crops. Massive secretion of enzymes and toxins was long considered …

Ca2+ signaling in plant responses to abiotic stresses

Q Dong, L Wallrad, BO Almutairi… - Journal of integrative …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adverse variations of abiotic environmental cues that deviate from an optimal range impose
stresses to plants. Abiotic stresses severely impede plant physiology and development …

Plant cell-surface GIPC sphingolipids sense salt to trigger Ca2+ influx

Z Jiang, X Zhou, M Tao, F Yuan, L Liu, F Wu, X Wu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Salinity is detrimental to plant growth, crop production and food security worldwide. Excess
salt triggers increases in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, which activate Ca2+-binding proteins …

Biosynthesis and functions of very-long-chain fatty acids in the responses of plants to abiotic and biotic stresses

M Batsale, D Bahammou, L Fouillen, S Mongrand… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Very-long-chain fatty acids (ie, fatty acids with more than 18 carbon atoms; VLCFA) are
important molecules that play crucial physiological and structural roles in plants. VLCFA are …

The evolutionary and molecular features of the broad‐host‐range plant pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

MC Derbyshire, TE Newman, Y Khentry… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a pathogenic fungus that infects hundreds of plant species,
including many of the world's most important crops. Key features of S. sclerotiorum include …

Plant lipids: Key players of plasma membrane organization and function

AM Cassim, P Gouguet, J Gronnier, N Laurent… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plasma membrane (PM) is the biological membrane that separates the interior of all
cells from the outside. The PM is constituted of a huge diversity of proteins and lipids. In this …

Modulators or facilitators? Roles of lipids in plant root–microbe interactions

A Macabuhay, B Arsova, R Walker, A Johnson… - Trends in plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Lipids have diverse functions in regulating the plasma membrane's cellular processes and
signaling mediation. Plasma membrane lipids are also involved in the plant's complex …

Multiple knockout mutants reveal a high redundancy of phytotoxic compounds contributing to necrotrophic pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea

T Leisen, J Werner, P Pattar, N Safari, E Ymeri… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Botrytis cinerea is a major plant pathogen infecting more than 1400 plant species. During
invasion, the fungus rapidly kills host cells, which is believed to be supported by induction of …

Lipidomic analysis reveals the importance of GIPCs in Arabidopsis leaf extracellular vesicles

NJ Liu, N Wang, JJ Bao, HX Zhu, LJ Wang, XY Chen - Molecular Plant, 2020 - cell.com
Plant extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed nanoparticles that play diverse
roles in plant development and response. Recently, impressive progress has been made in …

Defense and counterdefense during plant-pathogenic oomycete infection

Y Wang, BM Tyler, Y Wang - Annual review of microbiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Plant-pathogenic oomycetes include numerous species that are ongoing threats to
agriculture and natural ecosystems. Understanding the molecular dialogs between …