Abstract
Plants can be induced to develop below and aboveground enhanced resistance to pathogens and herbivorous insects by root-colonizing beneficial micro-organisms. The resistance induced is broad-spectrum and can be long lasting. The enhanced resistance is based at least partially on priming of defense responses, leading to a more rapid or more intense mobilization of defense responses upon encounter with harmful organisms. Several molecular players in local and systemic tissues of plants treated with resistance-inducing microbes have been identified and are reviewed in this chapter. We also discuss the ecological consequences of expression of induced resistance through a primed defense response.
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Title of host publication | Plant communication from an Ecological perspective; Signaling and Comminication in Plants |
Editors | F. Baluska, V. Ninkovic |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 43-60 |
Number of pages | 18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |