Beatriz Ramírez-Serrano, M. Querejeta, Zhivko Minchev, J. Gamir, E. Perdereau, M. Pozo, G. Dubreuil, D. Giron
{"title":"Mycorrhizal benefits on plant growth and protection against Spodoptera exigua depend on N availability","authors":"Beatriz Ramírez-Serrano, M. Querejeta, Zhivko Minchev, J. Gamir, E. Perdereau, M. Pozo, G. Dubreuil, D. Giron","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2120212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2120212","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Mycorrhizal symbiosis influences plant growth and nutrition and can affect the performance of insect herbivores, but these effects are context-dependent. This study aims to investigate the influence of nitrogen fertilization and mycorrhizal symbiosis on maize and Spodoptera exigua performance and to explore the potential underlying mechanisms. Mycorrhiza promoted maize growth and reduced S. exigua performance, but these effects were dependent on nitrogen availability. We then assessed whether the consequences for S. exigua were mediated by its gut microbiota. Neither nitrogen nor mycorrhization affected S. exigua gut bacterial community. Reduced herbivore performance was instead potentially due to the effects of nitrogen-mycorrhiza interaction on the plant nutritional value.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43222968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziguo Zhu, Lingmin Dai, Guangxia Chen, Guanghui Yu, Xiu-jie Li, Zhen Han, Bo Li
{"title":"Ectopic expression of VyCIPK1 gene, isolated from wild grape Vitis yanshanesis J, X. Chen., confers the tolerance to salt in transgenic tobacco","authors":"Ziguo Zhu, Lingmin Dai, Guangxia Chen, Guanghui Yu, Xiu-jie Li, Zhen Han, Bo Li","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2115158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2115158","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Calmodulin-like interacting protein kinases play an important role in plant response to abiotic stresses and development. But the role of the CIPK gene in grapevine is unknown. In this study, VyCIPK1, isolated from the Chinese wild grape V. Yanshanesis, was strongly induced by salt stress. Overexpressing VyCIPK1 could induce AOC and AOS, and result in notably increased jamonate levels in tobacco. Under salt stress, transgenic plants showed higher germination rate, leaf number, and fresh weight than wild-type plants. Moreover, transgenic plants displayed higher chlorophyll content, catalase activity, peroxidase activity, superoxide dismutase activity, and lower malondialdehyde content, H2O2, and O2- content than that of wild type under salt stress conditions. And the stress-related genes, including ERD10C, ERD10D, LEA5, POD, SOD, and CAT, were up-regulated in transgenic plants. Our founding demonstrated that the VyCIPK1 has the potential for grape molecular breeding of salt tolerance as a candidate gene.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49160130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wasinee Pongprayoon, S. Maksup, Narumon Phaonakrop, Junthima Jaresitthikunchai, Umaporn Uawisetwathana, A. Panya, S. Roytrakul
{"title":"Phosphoproteome analysis reveals chitosan-induced resistance to osmotic stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings","authors":"Wasinee Pongprayoon, S. Maksup, Narumon Phaonakrop, Junthima Jaresitthikunchai, Umaporn Uawisetwathana, A. Panya, S. Roytrakul","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2114556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2114556","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study sought to identify the mechanism underlying the response to chitosan at the posttranslational level. Khao Dawk Mali 105 seeds were soaked in 40 mg l−1 of chitosan, and leaves of 2- and 4-week-old seedlings were sprayed with chitosan before starting osmotic stress conditions. Chitosan induced resistance to osmotic stress by enhancing shoot fresh and dry weights and maintained increased photosynthetic pigments. Leaf phosphoproteomes were examined using gel-free LC-MS/MS. Of the 60 phosphoproteins showed a significant difference in protein expressions under osmotically-stressed plants treated with chitosan. More than 40% of the phosphoproteins involved in signaling pathways, including OsCML12 calmodulin-related calcium sensor protein, ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 15, U-box domain-containing protein 45, HEAT repeat family protein, BRCA1 C terminus domain-containing protein, pectinesterase, protein kinase domain-containing protein, and receptor-like protein kinase. Chitosan enhanced rice seedling growth and drought resistance via multiple complex networks, including metabolism, transport, transcription, and signaling under osmotic stress.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45400340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utilizing transcription factors for improving banded leaf and sheath blight disease resistance in maize: a review","authors":"B. Ajayo, Yubi Huang, Huanhuan Huang","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2115157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2115157","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Banded leaf and sheath blight (BLSB) disease, incited by Rhizoctonia solani, is destructive, difficult to manage and gravely threatens maize (Zea mays L.) production across continents. Plant transcription factors (TFs) act as functional nodes that integrate defense signals to activate relevant immune outlets via large-scale transcriptional reprogramming of the expression of massive sets of defense-related genes (DRGs). Recent studies revealed complex changes in the maize transcriptome during BLSB infection. More than 30 TFs belonging to the WRKY, NAC, TCP, bHLH, and bZIP families, among others, have been putatively identified as core genes inducible in maize by the virulence factors of R. solani. Sadly, no progress has been made in characterizing these TFs in maize resistance to BLSB. Having reviewed the progress made so far, we propose future studies to prioritize functional characterization of the potential TFs and their manipulation through genome editing technology as well as the use of synthetic TFs to improve maize resistance to BLSB.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48488640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of salt tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings inoculated with endophytic Bacillus cereus KP120","authors":"Yaran Zhang, Zengyuan Tian, Yu Xi, Xiaomin Wang, Shuai Chen, Mengting He, Yang Chen, Yuqi Guo","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2111471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2111471","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In our previous reports, an endophytic bacterium, Bacillus cereus KP120 was isolated from the halophyte species Kosteletzkya virginica. In this study, the effect of KP120 colonization on Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings was investigated. Our results showed that inoculation with KP120 could promote the growth of A. thaliana seedlings plants under salt-stress conditions, compared with uninoculated controls. After salt treatment, chlorophyll, proline, the activity of antioxidant enzymes, Indole-3-acetic acid and 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate-deaminase in plants inoculated were increased significantly but malondialdehyde content was decreased compared with the plants under salt stress lonely. Similarly, under non-salt stress, physiological indices above except for MDA in plants inoculated with KP120 were increased compared with control. B. cereus also induced the up-regulation of key genes involved in IAA biosynthesis, responses, transport, down-regulated expression of genes related with ethylene synthesis and response. Our work principally demonstrates that Bacillus cereus KP120 significantly enhances plant growth and increases plant tolerance to salt stress.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45367682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Han Li, Shenghua Fu, Jing-de Zhu, W. Gao, Lin Chen, Xiang Li, Shaoyu Zhang, Shan Zheng, Hengdi Zhang, Yanxia Liu
{"title":"Nitric oxide generated by Piriformospora indica-induced nitrate reductase promotes tobacco growth by regulating root architecture and ammonium and nitrate transporter gene expression","authors":"Han Li, Shenghua Fu, Jing-de Zhu, W. Gao, Lin Chen, Xiang Li, Shaoyu Zhang, Shan Zheng, Hengdi Zhang, Yanxia Liu","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2108926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2108926","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Nitric oxide (NO) is involved not only in the regulation of plant growth, development, and stress responses but also in the regulation of plant-microbe interactions. Here, we demonstrate that Piriformospora indica can induce tobacco nitrate reductase to produce a NO signal in roots which enhances nitrogen uptake capacity by inducing the expression of ammonium and nitrate transporter genes and the development of lateral root and root hair, thereby promoting tobacco growth. In addition, the NO signal induced by P. indica is significantly different from that induced by the pathogen Phytophthora nicotianae. Inoculation with P. indica did not produce H2O2 and maintained high expression of Phytoglobin 1 in roots, resulting in a significantly lower NO level than in the roots inoculated with P. nicotianae. These findings suggest that an appropriate NO level is the likely basis of plant-P. indica symbiosis, which promotes the growth of host plants.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45091534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Carbon assimilation and water-use efficiency in cowpea varieties inoculated with Bradyrhizobium, measured using 13C natural abundance","authors":"Tewodros W. Ayalew, Tarekegn Yoseph, G. Cadisch","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2075943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2075943","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Moisture stress is one of the most important constraints for crop production in arid regions. Cowpea is a vital food legume that has been cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions where water is scarce. Rhizobia inoculation confers resistance to water stress legumes. Two-year field experiments were conducted to assess the carbon assimilation and water use efficiencies of inoculated cowpea varieties at three sites. The treatments consist of four varieties and three levels of Bradyrhizobium inoculation arranged in a factorial randomized complete block design with four replications. The nitrogen (% N) and carbon (% C) concentrations in plant shoots were obtained directly from the mass spectrometric analysis. The results revealed considerable variation for shoot % N and % C, shoot growth, and δ13C among the varieties. Similarly, Bradyrhizobium significantly affected plant growth, % C, C and N contents, C/N ratio, and carbon isotope discrimination of the shoot. For instance, C and N contents and the C/N ratio increased by 28, 24, and 31%, respectively, due to Bradyrhizobium inoculation. In general, these results indicated that physiological performances such as carbon assimilation and water use efficiency of the crop could be, significantly improved when effective Bradyrhizobium strains and the best performing varieties are selected.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48051629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RNA interference (RNAi) of 2-Cys Prx gene enhances PSII photoinhibition but does not affect PSI activity in tobacco leaves under high-temperature stress","authors":"Han Yu, Yuanyuan Huang, Peng Wang, Litao Wang, Zhihao Zhou, Yue Wang, Jiechen Wang, Hongbo Zhang, Kejun Yang, Huihui Zhang","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2110291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2110291","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the effects of 2-Cys Prx gene inhibition on photochemical reaction and reactive oxygen species (ROS) metabolism under high temperature (35°C) with low light (HT + LL) or high temperature with high light (HT + HL) in tobacco. The results showed that HT significantly increased the production of and H2O2 compared with CK (25°C). Particularly, the oxidative damage of RNAi plants was significantly greater than that of wild type (WT) under HT + HL treatment, possibly due to the inhibition of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activities. HT treatment inhibited the photosystem II (PSII) activity, and the oxygen evolution complex (OEC) was the main injury site. Notably, the photosystem I (PSI) activity of WT and RNAi plants did not change significantly under HT + LL treatment compared with CK. Although the PSI activity of WT and RNAi plants decreased significantly under HT + HL treatment, there was no significant difference between WT and RNAi plants. Collectively, these findings indicate that high light increases the photoinhibition of PSII and PSI and oxidative damage under high-temperature stress. The results also revealed that 2-Cys Prx plays a crucial role in alleviating oxidative damage and PSII photoinhibition under high-temperature stress in tobacco.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44351930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peace talks: symbiotic signaling molecules in arbuscular mycorrhizas and their potential application","authors":"Andrea Crosino, A. Genre","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2108150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2108150","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since the Green Revolution, intensive application of agrochemicals has increased productivity in agriculture, at a great cost in terms of water pollution, loss of soil fertility and biodiversity, and negative effects on human health. Scientific advance and increasing public awareness are driving a change toward sustainable practices. In such a context, the symbiosis between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is extremely promising: AM interaction improves plant mineral nutrition and stress tolerance. In turn, AM fungi receive plant photosynthesis-derived carbon. A complex chemical dialogue mediates plant-fungus recognition and symbiosis establishment: AM fungi perceive root-secreted strigolactones, which promote spore germination, hyphal growth, branching and metabolism. Host roots recognize their symbionts through chitin-derived molecules. Such Myc–factors activate a range of symbiotic responses, preparing the plant to a successful association. Here we review the most recent advances in knowledge of AM signaling molecules, with a focus on their possible application.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43221848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Assunta Russo, S. Pollastri, M. Ruocco, M. M. Monti, F. Loreto
{"title":"Volatile organic compounds in the interaction between plants and beneficial microorganisms","authors":"Assunta Russo, S. Pollastri, M. Ruocco, M. M. Monti, F. Loreto","doi":"10.1080/17429145.2022.2107243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17429145.2022.2107243","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A growing population coupled with a higher demand for food is putting pressure on agriculture. The use of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers allowed us to boost agricultural productions, but at a great environmental cost. Exploitation of beneficial microorganism (BM)-plant interactions has been proposed as an eco-friendly solution to improve plant resistance to stresses and to increase productivity sustainably. We provide an overview of scientific evidence that this positive interaction is often mediated also by the release of microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (mVOCs). A few mVOCs are reported to have a double, not mutually exclusive, positive effect on plants, as plant growth promoters, and/or inducers of resistance against biotic and abiotic stress factors. They may also alter plant VOCs indirectly improving plant performances. However, mechanisms and functions of mVOCs need deeper investigation. By understanding mVOC modes of action on plants, further tools for sustainably improving plant productivity in agro-ecosystems may become soon available.","PeriodicalId":16830,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Interactions","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44150659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}