Year: 2017
Type: review
Abstract: Plant breeders have developed crop plants that are resistant to pests, but the continual evolution of pathogens creates the need to iteratively develop new control strategies. Molecular tools have allowed us to gain deep insights into disease responses, allowing for more efficient, rational engineering of crops that are more robust or resistant to a greater number of pathogen variants. Here we describe the roles of SWEET and STP transporters, membrane proteins that mediate transport of sugars across the plasma membrane. We discuss how these transporters may enhance or restrict disease through controlling the level of nutrients provided to pathogens and whether the transporters play a role in sugar signaling for disease resistance. This review indicates open questions that require further research and proposes the use of genome editing technologies for engineering disease resistance.
Source: The Plant Journal
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13775
Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of California, Riverside, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Inari Agriculture (United States), Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, International Rice Research Institute, University of Florida, Iowa State University, Nagoya University
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: Collaborative Research: The role of host nutrient carriers in pathogen susceptibility, Collaborative Research: The role of host nutrient carriers in pathogen susceptibility, TALome-based engineering of durable pathogen resistance in crops, Collaborative Research: The role of host nutrient carriers in pathogen susceptibility, INTERGRATION OF SUGAR TRANSPORT, METABOLISM AND SENSING IN ARABIDOPSIS, TAL Effector Targeting in Plant Genomes
OpenAlex ID: W2770147894