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Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity

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By Moffat Makechemu, Yukihisa Goto, Marc Schmid, Helen Zbinden
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction Plants face persistent challenges from various pathogens, such as bacteria and fungi, which can have a substantial impact on crop yield and quality (Reddy and Reddy 2015; Singh et al. 2023). An important aspect of plant immunity is the detection of pathogen/microbe-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs/MAMPs) by pattern–recognition receptors (PRRs) on the plant cell surface, leading to pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) that restricts pathogen growth (Ngou et al. 2024).
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Chitin soil amendment triggers systemic plant disease resistance through enhanced pattern-triggered immunity

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By Yukihisa Goto, Victoria Widrig, Moffat Makechemu, Helen Zbinden
| BioRxiv
Abstract Chitin triggers localised and systemic plant immune responses, making it a promising treatment for sustainable disease resistance. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying chitin-induced systemic effects in plants remain unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects of soil amendment with crab chitin flakes (hereafter chitin) on pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and systemic disease resistance in various plant species.
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