Plant-microbe interactions: plants modulating their defenses

Ademir S F Araujo; Arthur P A Pereira; Erika V de Medeiros; Lucas W Mendes

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.001

Plant-microbe interactions: plants modulating their defenses

Trends Plant Sci. 2025 Aug;30(8):806-808. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.001. Epub 2025 Apr 24.

Authors

Ademir S F Araujo¹, Arthur P A Pereira², Erika V de Medeiros³, Lucas W Mendes⁴

Affiliations

¹ Soil Microbial Ecology Group, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Teresina, PI, Brazil. Electronic address: ademir@ufpi.edu.br.
² Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
³ Semi-Arid (Bio)Technologies Group, Federal University of the Agreste of Pernambuco, Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil.
⁴ Cellular and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 40280843
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.04.001

Abstract

Plant immunity is mediated by multiple factors, including microbial interactions and gene expression. Keppler et al. identified a set of microbe-responsive genes (general non-self response genes) whose expression or products affect bacterial strain abundance and enhance immunity. We explore how these genes shape alternative plant defense strategies for sustainable agriculture.

Keywords: leaf microbiome; plant immunity; sustainable agriculture.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Plant Diseases* / immunology
Plant Diseases* / microbiology
Plant Immunity* / genetics
Plants* / genetics
Plants* / immunology
Plants* / microbiology