Salicylic acid biosynthesis in plants

H Lefevere, L Bauters, G Gheysen - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Salicylic acid (SA) is an important plant hormone that is best known for mediating host
responses upon pathogen infection. Its role in plant defense activation is well established …

Meloidogyne graminicola: a major threat to rice agriculture

S Mantelin, S Bellafiore, T Kyndt - Molecular plant pathology, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Summary Taxonomy Superkingdom Eukaryota; Kingdom Metazoa; Phylum Nematoda;
Class Chromadorea; Order Tylenchida; Suborder Tylenchina; Infraorder Tylenchomorpha; …

Transcriptome analysis of root‐knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita)‐infected tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) roots reveals complex gene expression profiles and …

N Shukla, R Yadav, P Kaur… - Molecular plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Root‐knot nematodes (RKNs, Meloidogyne incognita) are economically important
endoparasites with a wide host range. We used a comprehensive transcriptomic approach …

Plant-parasitic nematode infections in rice: molecular and cellular insights

T Kyndt, D Fernandez, G Gheysen - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Being one of the major staple foods in the world, and an interesting model monocot plant,
rice (Oryza sativa L.) has recently received attention from molecular nematologists studying …

Gall-forming root-knot nematodes hijack key plant cellular functions to induce multinucleate and hypertrophied feeding cells

B Favery, M Quentin, S Jaubert-Possamai… - Journal of insect …, 2016 - Elsevier
Among plant-parasitic nematodes, the root-knot nematodes (RKNs) of the Meloidogyne spp.
are the most economically important genus. RKN are root parasitic worms able to infect …

Plant parasitic nematode effectors target host defense and nuclear functions to establish feeding cells

M Quentin, P Abad, B Favery - Frontiers in plant science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Plant parasitic nematodes are microscopic worms, the most damaging species of which
have adopted a sedentary lifestyle within their hosts. These obligate endoparasites have a …

Effectors of root-knot nematodes: an arsenal for successful parasitism

S Jagdale, U Rao, AP Giri - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are notorious plant-parasitic nematodes first recorded in 1855
in cucumber plants. They are microscopic, obligate endoparasites that cause severe losses …

A novel Meloidogyne graminicola effector, MgGPP, is secreted into host cells and undergoes glycosylation in concert with proteolysis to suppress plant defenses and …

J Chen, B Lin, Q Huang, L Hu, K Zhuo, J Liao - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Plant pathogen effectors can recruit the host post-translational machinery to mediate their
post-translational modification (PTM) and regulate their activity to facilitate parasitism, but …

A novel salivary effector, BtE3, is essential for whitefly performance on host plants

Z Peng, Q Su, J Ren, L Tian, Y Zeng… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a piercing-sucking herbivore that reduces the yields of crops
both by feeding on plants and transmitting plant viruses. Like most plant feeders, B. tabaci …

Proteomic profiling reveals distinct bacterial extracellular vesicle subpopulations with possibly unique functionality

HM McMillan, MJ Kuehn - Applied and Environmental …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are 20-to 200-nm secreted packages of lipids,
small molecules, and proteins that contribute to diverse bacterial processes. In plant …