Université de Fribourg

Priming: getting ready for battle

Conrath, Uwe ; Beckers, Gerold J. M. ; Flors, Victor ; García-Agustín, Pilar ; Jakab, Gábor ; Mauch, Felix ; Newman, Mari-Anne ; Pieterse, Corné M. J. ; Poinssot, Benoit ; Pozo, María J. ; Pugin, Alain ; Schaffrath, Ulrich ; Ton, Jurriaan ; Wendehenne, David ; Zimmerli, Laurent ; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte

In: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2006, vol. 19, no. 10, p. 1062–1071

Infection of plants by necrotizing pathogens or colonization of plant roots with certain beneficial microbes causes the induction of a unique physiological state called “priming.” The primed state can also be induced by treatment of plants with various natural and synthetic compounds. Primed plants display either faster, stronger, or both activation of the various cellular defense responses...