Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities

Frontiers in Genetics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

In complex and diverse environments, plants face constant challenges from various pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, viruses, which can severely impact their growth, development, survival. Mosses, representing early divergent lineages of land plants, lack traditional vascular systems yet demonstrate remarkable adaptability across habitats. While sharing the fundamental innate immune common to all mosses have evolved distinct chemical physical defense mechanisms. Notably, they exhibit resistance many pathogens that typically affect plants. Their evolutionary significance, relatively simple morphology, well-conserved mechanisms make excellent model organisms for studying plant-pathogen interactions. This article reviews current research on moss-pathogen interactions, examining host-pathogen specificity, characterizing infection phenotypes physiological responses, comparing pathogen susceptibility between angiosperms. Through this analysis, we aim deepen our understanding plant system evolution potentially inform innovative approaches enhancing crop disease resistance.

Language: Английский

Evolutionary analysis of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes: insights into abiotic stress adaptation

Plant Molecular Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 115(1)

Published: Dec. 16, 2024

Language: Английский