Plants can acquire an improved resistance against pathogen attacks by exogenous
application of natural or artificial compounds. In a process called chemical priming …

Priming is an adaptive strategy that improves the defensive capacity of plants. This
phenomenon is marked by an enhanced activation of induced defense mechanisms. Stimuli …

When plants recognize potential opponents, invading pathogens, wound signals, or abiotic
stress, they often switch to a primed state of enhanced defense. However, defense priming …

Background Crops are constantly attacked by various pathogens. These pathogenic
microorganisms, such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, threaten …

Glutamine (Gln) is the first amino acid synthesized in nitrogen (N) assimilation in plants. Gln
synthetase (GS), converting glutamate (Glu) and NH4+ into Gln at the expense of ATP, is …

DNA methylation is antagonistically controlled by DNA methyltransferases and DNA
demethylases. The level of DNA methylation controls plant gene expression on a global …

After three decades of the amazing progress made on molecular studies of plant–microbe
interactions (MPMI), we have begun to ask ourselves" what are the major questions still …

Rhizosphere chemistry is the sum of root exudation chemicals, their breakdown products
and the microbial products of soil‐derived chemicals. To date, most studies about root …

Growth of eukaryotic cells is regulated by the target of rapamycin (TOR). The strongest
activator of TOR in metazoa is amino acid availability. The established transducers of amino …

Plant response to pathogens attacks generally comes at the expense of growth. Defense
priming is widely accepted as an efficient strategy used for augmenting resistance with …