Use of endophytes as biocontrol agents

NI De Silva, S Brooks, S Lumyong, KD Hyde - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Plant diseases, caused by various microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria, fungi,
protozoa and nematodes, affect agricultural practices and result in significant crop losses …

The plant invertase/pectin methylesterase inhibitor superfamily

D Coculo, V Lionetti - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Invertases (INVs) and pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are essential enzymes coordinating
carbohydrate metabolism, stress responses, and sugar signaling. INVs catalyzes the …

Rhizosphere microbiome: revisiting the synergy of plant-microbe interactions

S Mohanram, P Kumar - Annals of Microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Sustainable enhancement in food production from less available arable land must
encompass a balanced use of inorganic, organic, and biofertilizer sources of plant nutrients …

A fungal extracellular effector inactivates plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein

W Wei, L Xu, H Peng, W Zhu, K Tanaka… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Plant pathogens degrade cell wall through secreted polygalacturonases (PGs) during
infection. Plants counteract the PGs by producing PG-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) for …

A plant mechanism of hijacking pathogen virulence factors to trigger innate immunity

Y Xiao, G Sun, Q Yu, T Gao, Q Zhu, R Wang, S Huang… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) interact with pathogen-derived
polygalacturonases to inhibit their virulence-associated plant cell wall–degrading activity but …

Cell wall integrity signaling in plants:“To grow or not to grow that's the question”

A Voxeur, H Höfte - Glycobiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Plants, like yeast, have the ability to monitor alterations in the cell wall architecture that occur
during normal growth or in changing environments and to trigger compensatory changes in …

Four Arabidopsis berberine bridge enzyme‐like proteins are specific oxidases that inactivate the elicitor‐active oligogalacturonides

M Benedetti, I Verrascina, D Pontiggia, F Locci… - The Plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recognition of endogenous molecules acting as 'damage‐associated molecular
patterns'(DAMPs) is a key feature of immunity in both animals and plants …

Dampening the DAMPs: how plants maintain the homeostasis of cell wall molecular patterns and avoid hyper-immunity

D Pontiggia, M Benedetti, S Costantini… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Several oligosaccharide fragments derived from plant cell walls activate plant immunity and
behave as typical damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). Some of them also …

The Aspergilli and Their Mycotoxins: Metabolic Interactions With Plants and the Soil Biota

WP Pfliegler, I Pócsi, Z Győri, T Pusztahelyi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Species of the highly diverse fungal genus Aspergillus are well-known agricultural pests,
and, most importantly, producers of various mycotoxins threatening food safety worldwide …

Host cell wall damage during pathogen infection: Mechanisms of perception and role in plant-pathogen interactions

R Lorrai, S Ferrari - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The plant cell wall (CW) is a complex structure that acts as a mechanical barrier, restricting
the access to most microbes. Phytopathogenic microorganisms can deploy an arsenal of …