Gaining insight into plant responses to beneficial and pathogenic microorganisms using metabolomic and transcriptomic approaches

ROMERO FM; MARINA M; PIECKENSTAIN FL; ROSSI FR; GONZALEZ ME; VIGNATTI P; GÁRRIZ A

Integrative Biology Book Series Strategies for Metabolic Engineering in Bioactive compounds and Processes

Springer

Lugar: Singapur; Año: 2017; p. 1 - 20

Plants are constantly interacting with microorganisms. Many of them have thepotential to cause disease, while many other may establish beneficial interactionswhere plants enhance their ability to incorporate important nutrients and improvedisease resistance. During these interactions, plants must regulate the expressionof thousands of genes, which ultimately triggers distinct hormonal signalingpathways and affects the concentration of numerous metabolites. Transcriptomicsand metabolomics have played a pivotal role in identifying the genes and metabolitesinvolved in such responses, which has given crucial hints to refine ourcurrent strategies for plant protection and crop yield improvement. However,there is still a gap on our knowledge on many features that distinguish the interplaybetween plants and microorganisms. This chapter initially discusses thecontributions of these high-throughput technologies to the understanding of thisfield of research and ends with future prospects in the search for interaction-specificbiomarker genes and metabolites.