A quest for long-distance signals: the epidermis as central regulator of pipecolic acid-associated systemic acquired resistance

A Corina Vlot

doi:10.1093/jxb/eraa606

A quest for long-distance signals: the epidermis as central regulator of pipecolic acid-associated systemic acquired resistance

J Exp Bot. 2021 Mar 29;72(7):2266-2268. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa606.

Author

A Corina Vlot¹

Affiliation

¹ Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.

Abstract

This article comments on:

Jiang SC, Engle NL, Banday ZZ, Cecchini NM, Jung HW, Tschaplinski TJ, Greenberg JT. 2021. ALD1 accumulation in Arabidopsis epidermal plastids confers local and non-autonomous disease resistance. Journal of Experimental Botany 72, 2710–2726.

Keywords: ALD1; pipecolic acid; plant immunity; systemic acquired resistance.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis*
Disease Resistance
Epidermis
Pipecolic Acids
Plastids

Substances

Pipecolic Acids
pipecolic acid