Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 25-34.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0669

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Research Progress on Plants Responses to Parasitic Nematodes Infection

DENG Miao-miao(), GUO Xiao-li()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology,Huazhong Agricultural University,Wuhan 430070
  • Received:2021-05-27 Online:2021-07-26 Published:2021-08-13
  • Contact: GUO Xiao-li E-mail:dengmiao@webmail.hzau.edu.cn;guoxi@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Abstract:

Plant-parasitic nematode(PPN)is an important class of plant pathogens. They are widely distributed and highly adapted for parasitism by establishing a long-term and stable relationship with their hosts,which can cause serious damages to food crops,horticultural crops and forestry. Among them,root-knot nematode(RKN)and cyst nematode(CN)are the most economically important and best-studied endoparasites. The differences between RKNs and CNs during their infection,feeding cell formation and reproduction lead to the varied host responses to host plants under nematode infection. Substantial research progress has been achieved in the cloning of nematode disease resistance genes,together with the massive study of effector proteins and host responses. This review summarizes recent progress regarding to the molecular basis of plant-nematode interaction,mainly focusing on three aspects including host disease-resistant genes,nematode secretions,and plant hormone responses,with emphasis on the differences between CN and RKN. The review also discusses the potential application prospect of the knowledge derived from the theoretical research in nematode control.

Key words: root-knot nematode, cyst nematode, diseaseesistant gene, effector, hormone