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ArticleThe New phytologist2018

Salicylic acid-dependent immunity contributes to resistance against Rhizoctonia solani, a necrotrophic fungal agent of sheath blight, in rice and Brachypodium distachyon.

Yusuke Kouzai, Mamiko Kimura, Megumi Watanabe, Kazuki Kusunoki, Daiki Osaka, Tomoko Suzuki, Hidenori Matsui, Mikihiro Yamamoto, Yuki Ichinose, Kazuhiro Toyoda and 9 more

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Article in The New phytologist, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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55 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Yusuke KouzaiGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Mamiko KimuraGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Megumi WatanabeGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Kazuki KusunokiGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Daiki OsakaGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Tomoko SuzukiDepartment of Science, Japan Women's University, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan.
Hidenori MatsuiGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Mikihiro YamamotoGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Yuki IchinoseGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Kazuhiro ToyodaGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Takakazu MatsuuraInstitute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
Izumi C MoriInstitute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
Takashi HirayamaInstitute of Plant Science and Resources (IPSR), Okayama University, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
Eiichi MinamiDivision of Plant and Microbial Sciences, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
Yoko NishizawaDivision of Plant and Microbial Sciences, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
Komaki InoueCellulose Production Research Team, Biomass Engineering Research Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
Yoshihiko OndaCellulose Production Research Team, Biomass Engineering Research Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
Keiichi MochidaCellulose Production Research Team, Biomass Engineering Research Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan.
Yoshiteru NoutoshiGraduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan.
Okayama University · JPKurashiki University of Science and the Arts · JPRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JPInstitute of Agrobiological Sciences · JPJapan Women's University · JPNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhizoctonia solani is a soil-borne fungus causing sheath blight. In consistent with its necrotrophic life style, no rice cultivars fully resistant to R. solani are known, and agrochemical plant defense activators used for rice blast, which upregulate a phytohormonal salicylic acid (SA)-dependent pathway, are ineffective towards this pathogen. As a result of the unavailability of genetics, the infection process of R. solani remains unclear. We used the model monocotyledonous plants Brachypodium distachyon and rice, and evaluated the effects of phytohormone-induced resistance to R. solani by pharmacological, genetic and microscopic approaches to understand fungal pathogenicity. Pretreatment with SA, but not with plant defense activators used in agriculture, can unexpectedly induce sheath blight resistance in plants. SA treatment inhibits the advancement of R. solani to the point in the infection process in which fungal biomass shows remarkable expansion and specific infection machinery is developed. The involvement of SA in R. solani resistance is demonstrated by SA-deficient NahG transgenic rice and the sheath blight-resistant B. distachyon accessions, Bd3-1 and Gaz-4, which activate SA-dependent signaling on inoculation. Our findings suggest a hemi-biotrophic nature of R. solani, which can be targeted by SA-dependent plant immunity. Furthermore, B. distachyon provides a genetic resource that can confer disease resistance against R. solani to plants.

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BrachypodiumCell WallDisease ResistanceEcotypeGene Expression Regulation, PlantOryzaPlant DiseasesPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant ImmunityRhizoctoniaRNA, MessengerSalicylic AcidTranscriptomePlant Growth RegulatorsRNA, MessengerSalicylic AcidbiotrophBrachypodium distachyondisease resistancenecrotrophRhizoctonia solaniricesalicylic acid (SA)sheath blight

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PMID29048113
PMCPMC5765516
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