Lignin and its pathway-associated phytoalexins modulate plant defense against fungi

V Ninkuu, J Yan, Z Fu, T Yang, J Ziemah, MS Ullrich… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungi infections cause approximately 60–70% yield loss through diseases such as rice
blast, powdery mildew, Fusarium rot, downy mildew, etc. Plants naturally respond to these …

Role of lignification in plant defense

NH Bhuiyan, G Selvaraj, Y Wei, J King - Plant signaling & behavior, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
For a long time it has been believed that lignification has an important role in host defense
against pathogen invasion. Recently, by using an RNAi gene-silencing assay we showed …

Differential accumulation of monolignol-derived compounds in elicited flax (Linum usitatissimum) cell suspension cultures

C Hano, M Addi, L Bensaddek, D Crônier… - Planta, 2006 - Springer
Lignin and lignans share monolignols as common precursors and are both potentially
involved in plant defence against pathogens. In this study, we investigated the effects of …

Gene expression profiling and silencing reveal that monolignol biosynthesis plays a critical role in penetration defence in wheat against powdery mildew invasion

NH Bhuiyan, G Selvaraj, Y Wei… - Journal of experimental …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Cell wall apposition (CWA) formation is one of the first lines of defence used by plants to halt
invading fungi such as powdery mildew. Lignin is a complex polymer of hydroxylated and …

The Arabidopsis R2R3 MYB transcription factor MYB15 is a key regulator of lignin biosynthesis in effector-triggered immunity

SH Kim, PY Lam, MH Lee, HS Jeon… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Lignin, a major component of the secondary cell wall, is important for plant growth and
development. Moreover, lignin plays a pivotal role in plant innate immunity. Lignin is readily …

Regulation of lignin biosynthesis and its role in growth-defense tradeoffs

M Xie, J Zhang, TJ Tschaplinski, GA Tuskan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Plant growth-defense tradeoffs are fundamental for optimizing plant performance and fitness
in a changing biotic/abiotic environment. This process is thought to involve readjusting …

Laccase GhLac1 modulates broad-spectrum biotic stress tolerance via manipulating phenylpropanoid pathway and jasmonic acid synthesis

Q Hu, L Min, X Yang, S Jin, L Zhang, Y Li, Y Ma… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Plants are constantly challenged by a multitude of pathogens and pests, which causes
massive yield and quality losses annually. A promising approach to reduce such losses is to …

SG2-type R2R3-MYB transcription factor MYB15 controls defense-induced lignification and basal immunity in Arabidopsis

WR Chezem, A Memon, FS Li, JK Weng… - The Plant Cell, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Lignification of cell wall appositions is a conserved basal defense mechanism in the plant
innate immune response. However, the genetic pathway controlling defense-induced …

Genome-wide characterization of the lignification toolbox in Arabidopsis

J Raes, A Rohde, JH Christensen… - Plant …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Lignin, one of the most abundant terrestrial biopolymers, is indispensable for plant structure
and defense. With the availability of the full genome sequence, large collections of insertion …

The Cotton Lignin Biosynthetic Gene Gh4CL30 Regulates Lignification and Phenolic Content and Contributes to Verticillium Wilt Resistance

XP Xiong, SC Sun, QH Zhu, XY Zhang… - Molecular Plant …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Verticillium wilt is a vascular disease causing tremendous damage to cotton production
worldwide. However, our knowledge of the mechanisms of cotton resistance or susceptibility …