Review article

Plant-Pathogen Interactions: A Brief Insight into a Complicated Story

Nataša Hulak orcid.org/0000-0001-8440-128X ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Microbiology, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Juan José González Plaza orcid.org/0000-0001-9586-6197 ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Bijenička 54, P.O. Box 180, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Pseudomonas syringae is a bacterial plant pathogen that can lead to heavy losses in crop production. This bacteria is a very good model to study the infection processes, as it can cause disease in Arabidopsis thaliana, a well-studied plant model. This text presents an overview of the bacterial pathogenesis from a molecular biology perspective, and explains the role of plant responses in stopping the spread of the infection. Plant hormones are important elements for plant defence. Their role and how the pathogen interferes with their action will be discussed further.

Keywords

Pseudomonas syringae; pathogenesis; plant-pathogen interactions; Arabidopsis thaliana

Hrčak ID:

156930

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156930

Publication date:

28.4.2016.

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