Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
Trends Plant Sci. 2021 Jul;26(7):685-691. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
To be protected from biological threats, plants have evolved an immune system comprising constitutive and inducible defenses. For example, upon perception of certain stimuli, plants can develop a conditioned state of enhanced defensive capacity against upcoming pathogens and pests, resulting in a phenotype called 'induced resistance' (IR). To tackle the confusing lexicon currently used in the IR field, we propose a widely applicable code of practice concerning the terminology and description of IR phenotypes using two main phenotypical aspects: local versus systemic resistance, and direct versus primed defense responses. Our general framework aims to improve uniformity and consistency in future scientific communication, which should help to avoid further misinterpretations and facilitate the accessibility and impact of this research field.
为了免受生物威胁，植物进化出了由组成型和诱导型防御组成的免疫系统。例如，在感知到某些刺激后，植物可以发展出一种增强的防御能力的条件状态，以对抗即将到来的病原体和害虫，从而产生一种被称为“诱导抗性”（IR）的表型。为了解决 IR 领域中令人困惑的词汇，我们提出了一种广泛适用的实践准则，涉及使用两个主要表型方面来描述 IR 表型的术语：局部抗性与系统抗性，以及直接防御反应与预先防御反应。我们的总体框架旨在提高未来科学交流的统一性和一致性，这应该有助于避免进一步的误解，并促进该研究领域的可及性和影响力。
