Induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plants: mechanism of action |
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Authors: | Devendra K Choudhary Anil Prakash B N Johri |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 462 026, India |
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Abstract: | Plants possess a range of active defense apparatuses that can be actively expressed in response to biotic stresses (pathogens
and parasites) of various scales (ranging from microscopic viruses to phytophagous insect). The timing of this defense response
is critical and reflects on the difference between coping and succumbing to such biotic challenge of necrotizing pathogens/parasites.
If defense mechanisms are triggered by a stimulus prior to infection by a plant pathogen, disease can be reduced. Induced
resistance is a state of enhanced defensive capacity developed by a plant when appropriately stimulated. Systemic acquired
resistance (SAR) and induced systemic resistance (ISR) are two forms of induced resistance wherein plant defenses are preconditioned
by prior infection or treatment that results in resistance against subsequent challenge by a pathogen or parasite. Selected
strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) suppress diseases by antagonism between the bacteria and soil-borne
pathogens as well as by inducing a systemic resistance in plant against both root and foliar pathogens. Rhizobacteria mediated
ISR resembles that of pathogen induced SAR in that both types of induced resistance render uninfected plant parts more resistant
towards a broad spectrum of plant pathogens. Several rhizobacteria trigger the salicylic acid (SA)-dependent SAR pathway by
producing SA at the root surface whereas other rhizobacteria trigger different signaling pathway independent of SA. The existence
of SA-independent ISR pathway has been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana, which is dependent on jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene signaling. Specific Pseudomonas strains induce systemic resistance in viz., carnation, cucumber, radish, tobacco, and Arabidopsis, as evidenced by an enhanced defensive capacity upon challenge inoculation. Combination of ISR and SAR can increase protection
against pathogens that are resisted through both pathways besides extended protection to a broader spectrum of pathogens than
ISR/SAR alone. Beside Pseudomonas strains, ISR is conducted by Bacillus spp. wherein published results show that several specific strains of species B. amyloliquifaciens, B. subtilis, B. pasteurii, B. cereus, B. pumilus, B. mycoides, and B.sphaericus elicit significant reduction in the incidence or severity of various diseases on a diversity of hosts. |
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Keywords: | Induced systemic resistance SAR Signalling and expression Jasmonate and ethylene signalling Pathogenesis-related proteins |
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