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Belowground Defence Strategies Against Verticillium Pathogens

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Belowground Defence Strategies in Plants

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Abstract

Plant pathogenic Verticillium species cause vascular infections in many dicot species and show a complex interaction with their hosts. The soil-borne fungi start infections on roots, traverse the root cortex to enter the xylem and spread systemically inside the vasculature. The disease symptoms include wilting, leaf necrosis, stem discoloration and/or premature senescence. Finally the host plant is systemically colonized, and resting structures are formed in the infected tissue. Control of this disease relies primarily on quantitative host resistance, and many studies have built a multifaceted picture of the many factors that are involved in defence on different levels. Once the first major barrier—the endodermis—has been overcome, defence reactions are primarily targeting the fungus in the vascular system and involve many components that have been described for pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered but also for effector-triggered immunity. Results from the recently described interaction between Verticillium longisporum and Brassicaceae hosts are reviewed more comprehensively, and own data on the gene expression pattern characterizing the defence response against systemic colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana are presented. Gene expression analysis in line with contrasting reactions revealed the absence of multiple defence gene induction in the susceptible line at the onset of systemic colonization. With respect to the available knowledge on Verticillium and its interactions, it should be possible to support the control of Verticillium by applying a plethora of science-based strategies that will more and more meet practical demands.

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We thank Sophia Harrand and Rebecca Werner for the excellent technical assistance. Funding from German Research Foundation (DFG, DI1502/3-1 grant) and the breeding company NPZ Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG is gratefully acknowledged.

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Häffner, E., Diederichsen, E. (2016). Belowground Defence Strategies Against Verticillium Pathogens. In: Vos, C., Kazan, K. (eds) Belowground Defence Strategies in Plants. Signaling and Communication in Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42319-7_6

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