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In roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, the damage-associated molecular pattern AtPep1 is a stronger elicitor of immune signalling than flg22 or the chitin heptamer

Poncini, Lorenzo ; Wyrsch, Ines ; Tendon, Valérie Dénervaud ; Vorley, Thomas ; Boller, Thomas ; Geldner, Niko ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre ; Lehmann, Silke

In: PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, no. 10, p. e0185808

Plants interpret their immediate environment through perception of small molecules. Microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) such as flagellin and chitin are likely to be more abundant in the rhizosphere than plant-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). We investigated how the Arabidopsis thaliana root interprets MAMPs and DAMPs as danger signals. We monitored root...

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The innate immune signaling system as a regulator of disease resistance and induced systemic resistance activity against Verticillium dahliae

Gkizi, Danai ; Lehmann, Silke ; L’Haridon, Floriane ; Serrano, Mario ; Paplomatas, Epaminondas J. ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre ; Tjamos, Sotirios E.

In: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2016, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 313–323

In the last decades, the plant innate immune responses against pathogens have been extensively studied, while biocontrol interactions between soilborne fungal pathogens and their hosts have received much less attention. Treatment of Arabidopsis thaliana with the nonpathogenic bacterium Paenibacillus alvei K165 was shown previously to protect against Verticillium dahliae by triggering induced...

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Reactive oxygen species and plant resistance to fungal pathogens

Lehmann, Silke ; Serrano, Mario ; L’Haridon, Floriane ; Tjamos, Sotirios E. ; Metraux, Jean-Pierre

In: Phytochemistry, 2015, vol. 112, p. 54–62

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been studied for their role in plant development as well as in plant immunity. ROS were consistently observed to accumulate in the plant after the perception of pathogens and microbes and over the years, ROS were postulated to be an integral part of the defence response of the plant. In this article we will focus on recent findings about ROS involved in the...

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Perception of soft mechanical stress in Arabidopsis leaves activates disease resistance

Benikhlef, Lehcen ; L’Haridon, Floriane ; Abou-Mansour, Eliane ; Serrano, Mario ; Binda, Matteo ; Costa, Alex ; Lehmann, Silke ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre

In: BMC Plant Biology, 2013, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 133

Background: in a previous study we have shown that wounding of Arabidopsis thaliana leaves induces a strong and transient immunity to Botrytis cinerea, the causal agent of grey mould. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed within minutes after wounding and are required for wound–induced resistance to B. cinerea.Results: in this study, we have further explored ROS and resistance to B. cinerea...