van der Linde, Karina and Göhre, Vera (2021) How Do Smut Fungi Use Plant Signals to Spatiotemporally Orientate on and In Planta? JOURNAL OF FUNGI, 7 (2): 107. ISSN 2309-608X
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Smut fungi represent a large group of biotrophic plant pathogens that cause extensive yield loss and are also model organisms for studying plant-pathogen interactions. In recent years, they have become biotechnological tools. After initial penetration of the plant epidermis, smut fungi grow intra-and intercellularly without disrupting the plant-plasma membrane. Following the colonialization step, teliospores are formed and later released. While some smuts only invade the tissues around the initial penetration site, others colonize in multiple plant organs resulting in spore formation distal from the original infection site. The intimate contact zone between fungal hyphae and the host is termed the biotrophic interaction zone and enables exchange of signals and nutrient uptake. Obviously, all steps of on and in planta growth require fine sensing of host conditions as well as reprogramming of the host by the smut fungus. In this review, we highlight selected examples of smut fungal colonization styles, directional growth in planta, induction of spore formation, and the signals required, pointing to excellent reviews for details, to draw attention to some of the open questions in this important research field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ustilago; Microbotryum; Sporisorium; Thecaphora; nutrition; meristem; growth; development |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie (Prof. Dr. Klaus Grasser) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2023 10:57 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2023 10:57 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46691 |
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