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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2012, Vol. 12 Issue (8): 1305-1312    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(00)8659
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The Role of Radical Burst in Plant Defense Responses to Necrotrophic Fungi
 Mahesh S Kulye, LIU Hua,  QIU De-wen
Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture/Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
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摘要  Necrotrophic fungi, being the largest class of fungal plant pathogens, pose a serious economic problem to crop production. Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential regulatory molecule in plant immunity in synergy with reactive oxygen species (ROS). Most experimental data available on the roles of NO and ROS during plant-pathogen interactions are from studies of infections by potential biotrophic pathogens, including bacteria and viruses. However, there are several arguments about the role of ROS in defense responses during plants and necrotrophic pathogens interaction and little is known about the role of NO as a counterpart of ROS in disease resistance to necrotrophic pathogens. This review focuses on the recent knowledge about the role of oxidative burst in plant defense response to necrotrophic fungi.

Abstract  Necrotrophic fungi, being the largest class of fungal plant pathogens, pose a serious economic problem to crop production. Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential regulatory molecule in plant immunity in synergy with reactive oxygen species (ROS). Most experimental data available on the roles of NO and ROS during plant-pathogen interactions are from studies of infections by potential biotrophic pathogens, including bacteria and viruses. However, there are several arguments about the role of ROS in defense responses during plants and necrotrophic pathogens interaction and little is known about the role of NO as a counterpart of ROS in disease resistance to necrotrophic pathogens. This review focuses on the recent knowledge about the role of oxidative burst in plant defense response to necrotrophic fungi.
Keywords:  nitric oxide      mitogen-activated protein kinase      necrotrophic fungi      programmed cell death reactive oxygen species  
Received: 08 October 2011   Accepted:
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This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2011AA10A205).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence QIU De-wen, E-mail: qiudewen@caas.net.cn     E-mail:  qiudewen@caas.net.cn
About author:  Mahesh S Kulye, E-mail: kulyemahesh@gmail.com

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Mahesh S Kulye, LIU Hua, QIU De-wen. 2012. The Role of Radical Burst in Plant Defense Responses to Necrotrophic Fungi. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(8): 1305-1312.

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