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ArticlePlant, cell & environment2026

Airborne Immunity: A Bacterial Volatile Primes Plant Defenses by Unlocking a Phytoalexin Biosynthetic Checkpoint.

Ivan A Paponov, Chidananda Nagamangala Kanchiswamy, Simone Bossi, Francesco Caldo, Ambra S Parmagnani, Mickael Malnoy, Massimo E Maffei

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Article in Plant, cell & environment, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Ivan A PaponovDepartment of Food Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-2138-0722
Chidananda Nagamangala KanchiswamyDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Plant Physiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7792-1519
Simone BossiDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Plant Physiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4736-519X
Francesco CaldoDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Plant Physiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-6637-3437
Ambra S ParmagnaniDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Plant Physiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2967-6616
Mickael MalnoyResearch and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5158-534X
Massimo E MaffeiDepartment of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Plant Physiology Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6814-2353

Funding

Fondazione Edmund MachUniversità degli Studi di Torino RILO2023-2024-2025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial volatile organic compounds (mVOCs) enable plants to perceive microbial activity prior to physical contact, yet the contribution of individual bacterial volatiles to immune signalling and disease resistance remains incompletely understood. Here, headspace GC-MS analysis demonstrates that the hemibiotrophic pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000) emits a distinct volatile blend containing the bacterium-specific compounds 2-methylbutanoic acid (2-MBA) and 3-methylbutanoic acid (3-MBA), with 2MBA as a dominant component. Exposure of Arabidopsis thaliana to the complete Pst DC3000 mVOC blend induced extensive transcriptional reprogramming activation of pattern-recognition receptor-associated genes, MAP kinase signalling components, WRKY transcription factors, camalexin biosynthetic genes and early defense responses. The latter included cytosolic Ca

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ArabidopsisIndolesPlant ImmunityPseudomonas syringaeThiazolesVolatile Organic CompoundsCalciumDisease ResistanceGene Expression Regulation, PlantPhytoalexinsPlant DiseasesSignal TransductionCalciumcamalexinIndolesPhytoalexinsThiazolesVolatile Organic Compoundscalcium signalingmicrobial volatilesROS signallingtranscriptomics

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PMID42572948
PMCPMC13646668

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