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Liang M, Feng A, Wang C, Zhu X, Su J, Xu Z, Yang J, Wang W, Chen K, Chen B, Lin X, Feng J, Chen S. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LM-1 Affects Multiple Cell Biological Processes in Magnaporthe oryzae to Suppress Rice Blast. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1246. [PMID: 38930628 PMCID: PMC11205629 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12061246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Revised: 06/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Magnaporthe oryzae, one of the most destructive rice pathogens, causes significant losses during the rice harvest every year. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens has been explored in many crops as a potential biocontrol agent. However, the mechanisms of B. amyloliquefaciens controled rice blast are not fully understood. Here, a biocontrol strain LM-1, isolated from a contaminated medium, was identified as B. amyloliquefaciens using morphological observation, physiological and biochemical tests, and 16S rDNA sequencing. LM-1 inhibited the growth and pathogenicity of M. oryzae and Bipolaris oryzae (Breda de Haan) Shoem. The mycelia of M. oryzae co-cultured with LM-1 were enlarged and broken by fluorescence microscopy using calcofluor white. LM-1 inhibited the mycelia of M. oryzae from producing conidia. Genes itu, srf, and fenB were detected in LM-1. Furthermore, the supernatant of LM-1 interfered with the appressorium formation of M. oryzae, blocked conidial cell death, and reduced autophagy degradation but did not affect the normal germination of rice seeds and seeding growth. Additionally, we observed hypersensitivity reactions, reactive oxygen species, and iron accumulation reduction in rice cells inoculated with supernatant. Our study reveals that LM-1 has a control effect on rice blast and affects cell wall integrity, sporulation, appressorium formation, cell death, and autophagy.
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- Meiling Liang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Plant Protection Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; (M.L.); (A.F.); (C.W.); (X.Z.); (J.S.); (J.Y.); (W.W.); (K.C.); (B.C.); (X.L.); (J.F.)
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Hui S, Zhang P, Yuan M. Optimizing nutrient transporters to enhance disease resistance in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2024; 75:2799-2808. [PMID: 38437153 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Fertilizers and plant diseases contribute positively and negatively to crop production, respectively. Macro- and micronutrients provided by the soil and fertilizers are transported by various plant nutrient transporters from the soil to the roots and shoots, facilitating growth and development. However, the homeostasis of different nutrients has different effects on plant disease. This review is aimed at providing insights into the interconnected regulation between nutrient homeostasis and immune responses, and it highlights strategies to enhance disease resistance by optimal manipulation of nutrient transporters in rice. First, we highlight the essential roles of six macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium) and eight micronutrients (iron, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, molybdenum, silicon, nickel), and summarize the diverse effects of each on rice diseases. We then systematically review the molecular mechanisms of immune responses modulated by nutrient transporters and the genetic regulatory pathways that control the specific nutrient-mediated immune signaling that is regulated by the pathogens and the host plant. Finally, we discuss putative strategies for breeding disease-resistant rice by genetic engineering of nutrient transporters.
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- Shugang Hui
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Yazhouwan National Laboratory, Sanya 572024, China
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Jia J, Zhao X, Jia P, Zhang X, Li D, Liu Y, Huang L. Ecophysiological responses of Phragmites australis populations to a tidal flat gradient in the Yangtze River Estuary, China. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1326345. [PMID: 38756962 PMCID: PMC11097105 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1326345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Phragmites australis is a prevalent species in the Chongming Dongtan wetland and is capable of thriving in various tidal flat environments, including high salinity habitats. P. australis population displays inconsistent ecological performances, highlighting the need to uncover their survival strategies and mechanisms in tidal flats with diverse soil salinities. Upon comparing functional traits of P. australis at multiple tidal flats (low, middle, and high) and their responses to soil physicochemical properties, this study aimed to clarify the salt-tolerant strategy of P. australis and the corresponding mechanisms. These results showed that leaf characteristics, such as specific leaf area and leaf dry matter content, demonstrated more robust stability to soil salinity than shoot height and dry weight. Furthermore, as salt stress intensified, the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxisome (POD) in P. australis leaves at low tidal flat exhibited an increased upward trend compared to those at other tidal flats. The molecular mechanism of salt tolerance in Phragmites australis across various habitats was investigated using transcriptome sequencing. Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) combined with differentially expressed genes (DEGs) screened out 3 modules closely related to high salt tolerance and identified 105 core genes crucial for high salt tolerance. Further research was carried out on the few degraded populations at low tidal flat, and 25 core genes were identified by combining WGCNA and DEGs. A decrease in the activity of ferroptosis marker gonyautoxin-4 and an increase in the content of Fe3+ in the degenerated group were observed, indicating that ferroptosis might participate in degradation. Furthermore, correlation analysis indicated a possible regulatory network between salt tolerance and ferroptosis. In short, this study provided new insights into the salt tolerance mechanism of P. australis population along tidal flats.
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- Jing Jia
- East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- GeneMind Biosciences, Shenzhen, China
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- East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Shen Q, Naqvi NI. The Ferroptosis landscape of biotic interactions in plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 77:102499. [PMID: 38142619 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
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Ferroptosis is a cell death pathway that relies on iron- and reactive oxygen species-dependent lethal accumulation of lipid peroxides in the cytosol and/or plasma membrane. Interestingly, Ferroptosis is widely involved in modulating such regulated fatality in the host plant as well as the pathogen albeit with different outcome, dynamics, and interesting metabolic adaptations. Although the basic mechanism of Ferroptosis has been established recently in plants and associated microbes, the conservation, acclimatization, and application of such regulated cell death modality are now beginning to be explored further. Efforts towards this will certainly help better understand the origin, molecular mechanisms, and function of Ferroptosis-associated developmental regulation of biotic interactions in plants.
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- Qing Shen
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, 117604, Singapore
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, 1 Research Link, 117604, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 16 Science Drive 4, 117558, Singapore.
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Zhang G, Li R, Wu X, Li M. Natural Product Aloesin Significantly Inhibits Spore Germination and Appressorium Formation in Magnaporthe oryzae. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2395. [PMID: 37894053 PMCID: PMC10609347 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11102395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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This study aims to determine the effects of the natural product aloesin against Magnaporthe oryzae. The results exposed that aloesin had a high inhibitory effect on appressorium formation (the EC50 value was 175.26 μg/mL). Microscopic examination revealed that 92.30 ± 4.26% of M. oryzae spores could be broken down by 625.00 μg/mL of aloesin, and the formation rate of appressoria was 4.74 ± 1.00% after 12 h. M. oryzae mycelial growth was weaker than that on the control. The enzyme activity analysis results indicated that aloesin inhibited the activities of polyketolase (PKS), laccase (LAC), and chain-shortening catalytic enzyme (Aayg1), which are key enzymes in melanin synthesis. The inhibition rate by aloesin of PKS, LAC, and Aayg1 activity was 32.51%, 33.04%, and 43.38%, respectively. The proteomic analysis showed that actin expression was downregulated at 175.62 μg/mL of aloesin, which could reduce actin bundle formation and prevent the polar growth of hyphae in M. oryzae. This is the first report showing that aloesin effectively inhibits conidia morphology and appressorium formation in M. oryzae.
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- Guohui Zhang
- Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.Z.); (X.W.)
- College of Life and Health Science, Kaili University, Kaili 556000, China
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- Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.Z.); (X.W.)
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- Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.Z.); (X.W.)
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- Institute of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; (G.Z.); (X.W.)
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Weinand T, El-Hasan A, Asch F. Role of Bacillus spp. Plant Growth Promoting Properties in Mitigating Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Lowland Rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Microorganisms 2023; 11:2327. [PMID: 37764171 PMCID: PMC10536376 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11092327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The ability of microorganisms to promote plant growth and mitigate abiotic and biotic stresses makes them an interesting tool for sustainable agriculture. Numerous studies aim to identify new, promising bacteria isolates. Traditional culture-based methods, which focus on selecting microorganisms with plant-growth-promoting traits, such as hormone production, nutrient solubilization, and antifungal properties, are widely used. This study aims to investigate the role of plant-growth-promoting properties in bacteria-mediated stress mitigation and the suitability of traditional culture-based methods as a screening tool for the identification of beneficial bacteria. To this end, we tested three endophytic Bacillus isolates, which have previously been shown to affect tolerance against iron toxicity in lowland rice, (a) for their effect on the resistance against brown spot disease, and (b) for plant-growth-promoting traits using common culture-based methods. Both B. pumilus isolates inhibited fungal growth in vitro and reduced brown spot disease in two of three rice cultivars in planta, although they tested negative for all plant-growth-promoting traits. While B. megaterium was negative for ACC deaminase activity and nutrient solubilization, it exhibited auxin production. Nevertheless, B. megaterium did not suppress brown spot disease in any of the three rice cultivars. This study shows that bacteria do not necessarily have to possess classical plant-growth-promoting properties in order to be beneficial to plants, and it emphasizes the limitation of common culture-based methods in effectively identifying beneficial bacteria. Moreover, our results highlight the significance of the interaction between bacteria and plant cultivars in determining the beneficial effects of Bacillus spp. on plants under biotic or abiotic stresses.
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- Tanja Weinand
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 13, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Phytomedicine, University of Hohenheim, Otto-Sander-Str. 5, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 13, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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