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ArticlePlant physiology2021

Mechanisms of far-red light-mediated dampening of defense against Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaves.

Sarah Courbier, Basten L Snoek, Kaisa Kajala, Linge Li, Saskia C M van Wees, Ronald Pierik

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Article in Plant physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah CourbierPlant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2180-3622
Basten L SnoekTheoretical Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-2996
Kaisa KajalaPlant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6483-7473
Linge LiPlant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Saskia C M van WeesPlant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Ronald PierikPlant Ecophysiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5320-6817
Utrecht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants detect neighboring competitors through a decrease in the ratio between red and far-red light (R:FR). This decreased R:FR is perceived by phytochrome photoreceptors and triggers shade avoidance responses such as shoot elongation and upward leaf movement (hyponasty). In addition to promoting elongation growth, low R:FR perception enhances plant susceptibility to pathogens: the growth-defense tradeoff. Although increased susceptibility in low R:FR has been studied for over a decade, the associated timing of molecular events is still unknown. Here, we studied the chronology of FR-induced susceptibility events in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants pre-exposed to either white light (WL) or WL supplemented with FR light (WL+FR) prior to inoculation with the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea (B.c.). We monitored the leaf transcriptional changes over a 30-h time course upon infection and followed up with functional studies to identify mechanisms. We found that FR-induced susceptibility in tomato is linked to a general dampening of B.c.-responsive gene expression, and a delay in both pathogen recognition and jasmonic acid-mediated defense gene expression. In addition, we found that the supplemental FR-induced ethylene emissions affected plant immune responses under the WL+FR condition. This study improves our understanding of the growth-immunity tradeoff, while simultaneously providing leads to improve tomato resistance against pathogens in dense cropping systems.

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BotrytisCyclopentanesDisease SusceptibilityLightOxylipinsPhytochromePlant DiseasesPlant ImmunitySolanum lycopersicumCyclopentanesjasmonic acidOxylipinsPhytochrome

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