INVESTIGADORES
MORENO Maria virginia
artículos
Título:
Cytokinin production by Pseudomonas fluorescens G20-18 determines biocontrol activity against Pseudomonas syringae in Arabidopsis
Autor/es:
DOMINIK K. GROßKINSKY; RICHARD TAFNER; MORENO MV; STENGLEIN SA; INÉS E. GARCÍA DE SALAMONE; LOUISE M. NELSON; ONDřEJ NOVÁK; MIROSLAV STRNAD; ERIC VAN DER GRAAFF; THOMAS ROITSCH
Revista:
Scientific reports
Editorial:
Nature Group
Referencias:
Año: 2016 vol. 6 p. 1 - 11
Resumen:
Plantbeneficial microbes can mediate biocontrol of diseases either by directlyinterfering with pathogens or via strengthening the host. Althoughphytohormones, recently including cytokinins, were shown to regulate plantimmunity, their microbial production is not considered for biocontrol-effects.Here we identify Pseudomonas fluorescensG20-18 cytokinin-production as key determinant for biocontrol-effects against P. syringae in Arabidopsis, maintaining tissue integrity and ultimately biomassyield. While cytokinin-deficient loss-of-function mutants of G20-18 exhibitimpaired biocontrol-effects, genetic complementation with cytokininbiosynthetic genes restores cytokinin-production and biocontrol-effects, whichcorrelates with differential cytokinin-levels in planta. Arabidopsismutant analyses revealed the necessity of functional cytokinin-perception inplants combined with defense signaling by salicylic acid to fully establish thisbiocontrol-effect. This identification of microbial phytohormone-production as determinantof biocontrol-effects offers novel options for developing successful integratedplant protection strategies needed to cope with future challenges throughincreasing world population, climate change and restricted use of classicalpesticides.