Multifaceted defense and counter-defense in co-evolutionary arms race between plants and viruses

Plants have evolved sophisticated surveillance and defense mechanisms against constant attacks by different types of microbial pathogens including viruses. Nucleotide-based RNA silencing and receptor-based innate immunity constitute the primary plant defense to viral infection. To establish their in...

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Published inCommunicative & integrative biology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. e1341025 - 25
Main Authors Cheng, Xiaofei, Wang, Aiming
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 04.07.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
Addendum
counter-defense
Host plants
Immune response
Innate immunity
NPR1
Pathogens
Plant immunity
Plant viruses
RNA silencing
RNA viruses
RNA-mediated interference
Sustainable agriculture
Viral infections
Virulence
virus-plant interaction
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Summary:Plants have evolved sophisticated surveillance and defense mechanisms against constant attacks by different types of microbial pathogens including viruses. Nucleotide-based RNA silencing and receptor-based innate immunity constitute the primary plant defense to viral infection. To establish their infections, plant viruses have also evolved virulence strategies to suppress host defenses. This ever-lasting co-evolutionary arms race between the plant hosts and viruses has shaped today's multifaceted defense and counter-defense layout. A better understanding of this process will certainly assist in the development of new plant varieties with enhanced durable resistance and novel approaches to control viral pathogens for sustainable agriculture. In this addendum, we briefly review the current knowledge of the plant immune response to viral infection and discuss defense and counter-defense strategies.
ISSN:1942-0889
1942-0889
DOI:10.1080/19420889.2017.1341025