Plants constantly face many kinds of pathogens, such as bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, viruses, and nematodes. Plant diseases caused by these pathogens cause huge crop yields and quality losses. Currently, the application of conventional agrochemicals remains the main approach to controlling crop diseases in agricultural production. However, the ever-increasing environmental and social problems of agrochemicals such as pathogens resistance, destruction of ecological balance and biodiversity, and environmental pollution mean that ecologically safer and more sustainable technologies are urgently needed.
During the co-evolution between plants and pathogens, plants have evolved complex and elegant defense mechanisms and strategies against pathogens infection. For example, PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI), effector-triggered immunity (ETI), systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and RNA interference (RNAi) are the major plant immune defense systems to protect the host from various pathogens attacks. Numerous studies have indicated that the induction of plant immune defense systems can be triggered by exogenous bioactive molecules, such as proteins, peptides, phytohormones, nanoparticles, oligosaccharides, microbial biocontrol agents, and so on. This has raised the prospect that induced plant resistance by the application of
bioactive molecules could serve as a sustainable approach in crop protection against pathogens. A deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms and their potential applications in the activation of plant defense by bioactive molecules will be crucial to developing effective and sustainable tools to control plant diseases in crop protection.
This Research Topic aims to increase our understanding of the molecular mechanisms and their potential applications in the activation of plant defense by bioactive molecules. We welcome the submission of high-quality Original Research Articles, Reviews, Mini-reviews, Opinions, Perspectives, and Methods, on the following topics but not limited to:
• Molecular mechanisms of plant immunity triggered by bioactive molecules.
• Identifying novel bioactive molecules that induce plant defense against pathogens.
• Potential applications of bioactive materials in crop protection against pathogens infection.
• Field deployment of direct and indirect plant defense triggered by bioactive molecules.
• Limitation and challenges of using bioactive molecules in crop protection against pathogens.
Plants constantly face many kinds of pathogens, such as bacteria, oomycetes, fungi, viruses, and nematodes. Plant diseases caused by these pathogens cause huge crop yields and quality losses. Currently, the application of conventional agrochemicals remains the main approach to controlling crop diseases in agricultural production. However, the ever-increasing environmental and social problems of agrochemicals such as pathogens resistance, destruction of ecological balance and biodiversity, and environmental pollution mean that ecologically safer and more sustainable technologies are urgently needed.
During the co-evolution between plants and pathogens, plants have evolved complex and elegant defense mechanisms and strategies against pathogens infection. For example, PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI), effector-triggered immunity (ETI), systemic acquired resistance (SAR) and RNA interference (RNAi) are the major plant immune defense systems to protect the host from various pathogens attacks. Numerous studies have indicated that the induction of plant immune defense systems can be triggered by exogenous bioactive molecules, such as proteins, peptides, phytohormones, nanoparticles, oligosaccharides, microbial biocontrol agents, and so on. This has raised the prospect that induced plant resistance by the application of
bioactive molecules could serve as a sustainable approach in crop protection against pathogens. A deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms and their potential applications in the activation of plant defense by bioactive molecules will be crucial to developing effective and sustainable tools to control plant diseases in crop protection.
This Research Topic aims to increase our understanding of the molecular mechanisms and their potential applications in the activation of plant defense by bioactive molecules. We welcome the submission of high-quality Original Research Articles, Reviews, Mini-reviews, Opinions, Perspectives, and Methods, on the following topics but not limited to:
• Molecular mechanisms of plant immunity triggered by bioactive molecules.
• Identifying novel bioactive molecules that induce plant defense against pathogens.
• Potential applications of bioactive materials in crop protection against pathogens infection.
• Field deployment of direct and indirect plant defense triggered by bioactive molecules.
• Limitation and challenges of using bioactive molecules in crop protection against pathogens.
