Do roots rely on damage signaling for effector-triggered immunity?
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlant immunity has two well-studied layers: pattern-triggered immunity (PTI), activated when plasma membrane-localized receptors recognize microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs), and effector-triggered immunity (ETI), mediated by intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors…
Jasmonate signalling drives rapid local and systemic immunity establishment
Plant Science Research WeeklySystemic acquired resistance (SAR) provides plants with broad protection against many pathogens, but until recently, it was unclear how SAR signals are produced, transported, and expressed in distant tissues. In a new study in Nature Plants, Gaikwad and colleagues created a reporter construct that tracks…