ArticleNature communications2026
Non-invasive imaging of defence responses in plants.
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- When plants light up: fungal bioluminescence pathway-based sentinel systems for autonomous virus diagnostics.aBIOTECH · 2026Article
- Systemic acquired resistance: an emerging role for jasmonates in local signal biogenesis, translocation and distal signal decoding.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Visualisation and Prediction of Phosphate Deficiency via Auto-Glowing Plant Bioluminescent Sensors.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Bioluminescent sentinel plants enable autonomous diagnostics of viral infections.Nature communications · 2026Article
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Jasmonic and salicylic acids are key hormones involved in plant responses to pests and pathogens. Existing fluorescence-based approaches to imaging plant defence hormones are constrained by the need for external illumination and by autofluorescence of plant tissues, while luminescence-based ones require exogenous substrates. Here, we use jasmonate- and salicylate-responsive promoters to engineer autoluminescent plants that report hormone signalling activity with up to a 53-fold contrast. Using consumer-grade cameras, we image reporter Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana plants throughout normal development and in response to pest and pathogen attacks, visualising local and systemic responses. Because the luminescence is self-sustained, these reporters enable non-invasive, substrate-free imaging of defence signalling over extended time courses without specialised equipment.
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