Plant airborne defense against insects, viruses, and beyond

Qian Gong; Yunjing Wang; Xiaomeng Zhang; Jianjun Zhao; Yule Liu; Yiguo Hong

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.012

Plant airborne defense against insects, viruses, and beyond

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Mar;29(3):283-285. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.012. Epub 2023 Dec 18.

Authors

Qian Gong¹, Yunjing Wang¹, Xiaomeng Zhang², Jianjun Zhao², Yule Liu³, Yiguo Hong⁴

Affiliations

¹ MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Centre for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
² State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, MoE-Hebei Province Joint Innovation Centre for Efficient Green Vegetable Industry and College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China.
³ MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Centre for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. Electronic address: yuleliu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, MoE-Hebei Province Joint Innovation Centre for Efficient Green Vegetable Industry and College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; Warwick-Hangzhou RNA Signaling Joint Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK. Electronic address: yg.hong@hebau.edu.cn.

PMID: 38114352
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.012

Abstract

Plants emit volatiles as signals to trigger broad physiological responses, including airborne defense (AD). Gong et al. (Nature 2023; 622: 139-145) recently reported the genetic framework of how plants use AD to combat aphids and viruses. The study elucidates the mutualistic relationships between aphids and the viruses they transmit, revealing the broad biological and ecological significance of AD.

Keywords: SA-NAC2-SAMT1-MeSA-SABP2-SA circuit; airborne defense (AD); aphid; insect; intra/interplant signaling; plant–plant communication (PPC); virus.

MeSH terms

Animals
Aphids* / physiology
Plant Diseases
Plant Viruses*
Plants / genetics
Viruses*