Université de Fribourg

The microbiome of the leaf surface of Arabidopsis protects against a fungal pathogen

Ritpitakphong, Unyarat ; Falquet, Laurent ; Vimoltust, Artit ; Berger, Antoine ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre ; L'Haridon, Floriane

In: New Phytologist, 2016, p. -

We have explored the importance of the phyllosphere microbiome in plant resistance in the cuticle mutants bdg (BODYGUARD) or lacs2.3 (LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID SYNTHASE 2) that are strongly resistant to the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea. The study includes infection of plants under sterile conditions, 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing of the phyllosphere microbiome, and isolation and high coverage...

Université de Fribourg

A permeable cuticle is associated with the release of reactive oxygen species and induction of innate immunity

L'Haridon, Floriane ; Besson-Bard, Angélique ; Binda, Matteo ; Serrano, Mario ; Abou-Mansour, Eliane ; Balet, Francine ; Schoonbeek, Henk-Jan ; Hess, Stephane ; Mir, Ricardo ; León, José ; Lamotte, Olivier ; Métraux, Jean-Pierre

In: PLoS Pathogens, 2011, vol. 7, no. 7, p. e1002148

This study provides an explanation for the strong resistance to B. cinerea observed in wounded plants or plants with cuticular defects. We have observed that a production of ROS and a permeable cuticle is common to all these situations. ROS, that include hydrogen peroxide, are known inducers of resistance and can also act directly against the invading fungus. Degradation of the cuticle by...