ReviewMetabolites2021
The Chemistry of Stress: Understanding the 'Cry for Help' of Plant Roots.
Review in Metabolites, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.
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66 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Plant stress physiology under environmental emerging contaminant exposure: from molecular responses to phytoremediation applications.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
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- Complementary power of Bacillus strains: mitigating drought-dust stress and boosting yield in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A new scenario of pathogen-microbiota interactions involving the oomycete Plasmopara viticola.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Rice phyllospheric Pantoea spp. suppress blast and bacterial blight diseases.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
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- Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly.Plant physiology · 2025Review
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- An effluent pump family distributed across plant commensal bacteria conditions host- and organ-specific glucosinolate detoxification.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Metabolite-mediated responses of phyllosphere microbiota to powdery mildew infection in resistant and susceptible black currant cultivars.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- A Brief Overview of the Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
Plants are faced with various biotic and abiotic stresses during their life cycle. To withstand these stresses, plants have evolved adaptive strategies including the production of a wide array of primary and secondary metabolites. Some of these metabolites can have direct defensive effects, while others act as chemical cues attracting beneficial (micro)organisms for protection. Similar to aboveground plant tissues, plant roots also appear to have evolved "a cry for help" response upon exposure to stress, leading to the recruitment of beneficial microorganisms to help minimize the damage caused by the stress. Furthermore, emerging evidence indicates that microbial recruitment to the plant roots is, at least in part, mediated by quantitative and/or qualitative changes in root exudate composition. Both volatile and water-soluble compounds have been implicated as important signals for the recruitment and activation of beneficial root-associated microbes. Here we provide an overview of our current understanding of belowground chemical communication, particularly how stressed plants shape its protective root microbiome.
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