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Effective tolerance based on resource reallocation is a virus‐specific defence in Arabidopsis thaliana
Authors:Aayushi Shukla  Israel Pagán  Fernando García‐Arenal
Institution:Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM‐INIA, E.T.S.I. Agronómica, Agroalimentaria y de Biosistemas, Campus de Montegancedo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) 28223, Spain
Abstract:Plant viruses often harm their hosts, which have developed mechanisms to prevent or minimize the effects of virus infection. Resistance and tolerance are the two main plant defences to pathogens. Although resistance to plant viruses has been studied extensively, tolerance has received much less attention. Theory predicts that tolerance to low‐virulent parasites would be achieved through resource reallocation from growth to reproduction, whereas tolerance to high‐virulent parasites would be attained through shortening of the pre‐reproductive period. We have shown previously that the tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), a relatively low‐virulent virus in this host, accords to these predictions. However, whether other viruses trigger the same response, and how A. thaliana copes with highly virulent virus infections remains unexplored. To address these questions, we challenged six A. thaliana wild genotypes with five viruses with different genomic structures, life histories and transmission modes. In these plants, we quantified virus multiplication, virulence, and the effects of infection on plant growth and reproduction, and on the developmental schedule. Our results indicate that virus multiplication varies according to the virus × host genotype interaction. Conversely, effective tolerance is observed only on CMV infection, and is associated with resource reallocation from growth to reproduction. Tolerance to the other viruses is observed only in specific host–virus combinations and, at odds with theoretical predictions, is linked to longer pre‐reproductive periods. These findings only partially agree with theoretical predictions, and contribute to a better understanding of pathogenic processes in plant–virus interactions.
Keywords:Arabidopsis thaliana  life history traits  resistance  resource reallocation  tolerance
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