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Integrated signaling networks in plant responses to sedentary endoparasitic nematodes: a perspective

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Sedentary plant endoparasitic nematodes can cause detrimental yield losses in crop plants making the study of detailed cellular, molecular, and whole plant responses to them a subject of importance. In response to invading nematodes and nematode-secreted effectors, plant susceptibility/resistance is mainly determined by the coordination of different signaling pathways including specific plant resistance genes or proteins, plant hormone synthesis and signaling pathways, as well as reactive oxygen signals that are generated in response to nematode attack. Crosstalk between various nematode resistance-related elements can be seen as an integrated signaling network regulated by transcription factors and small RNAs at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and/or translational levels. Ultimately, the outcome of this highly controlled signaling network determines the host plant susceptibility/resistance to nematodes.

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The authors would like to thank Alabama Cotton Commission, Cotton Inc,, and the Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station for research support for this work. Additionally, the financial support from the Auburn University Department of Biological Sciences and the Auburn University Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Program to Ruijuan Li during her graduate program is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Ruijuan Li, Aaron M. Rashotte, Narendra K. Singh & Robert D. Locy

  2. Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA

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  3. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA

    Kathy S. Lawrence

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Li, R., Rashotte, A.M., Singh, N.K. et al. Integrated signaling networks in plant responses to sedentary endoparasitic nematodes: a perspective. Plant Cell Rep 34, 5–22 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-014-1676-6

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