JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2012, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (01): 129-136.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.2012.01.027

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Recent advances in plant immune system

CHEN Ying, TAN Biyue, HUANG Minren*   

  1. Poplar Germplasm Enhancement & Variety Improvement Lab of Jiangsu Province, College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Online:2012-01-30 Published:2012-01-30

Abstract: Many plantassociated microbes are pathogens that impair plant growth and reproduction. Plants have evolved a series of complicated defense mechanism against pathogens during their long term process of coevolution. Plants innate immune system efficiently detects and wards off potentially dangerous microbes. A first layer of this system is based on sensitive perception of pathogenor microbeassociated molecular patterns (PAMPs) through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) at the plants cell surface,which would active mitogenactivated protein kinase(MAPK) signaling cascade and burst early responses in plant resistance to pathogen attacks. The first layer recognizes and responds to many classes of microbes, including nonpathogens. With pathogens produce effectors to inhibit PTI, plants can perceive such effectors through additional receptors, typically nucleotide binding leucinerich repeat (NBLRR) proteins, to mount a second layer of defense called effect or triggered immunity (ETI). Here, we highlight recent literature on plants innate immune system, and based on a detailed understanding of plant immune function, we should focus on the combination of the use of PTI and ETI to expand the antimicrobial spectrum of plant effectively and improve plantss diseaseresistance.

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