ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Exploring the Molecular Imprint of Microbe-Induced Plant Resistance in Plant-Associated Communities
Plant-beneficial microbes can modulate the plant immune system enhancing plant resistance to insect pests. This phenomenon, known as Microbe-Induced plant Resistance (MIR) has emerged as a sustainable pest control strategy. Strikingly, my latest results indicate that MIR-immune responses elicited in plants cascade upwards leaving a molecular imprint in surviving insect herbivores (a MIR-imprint). This suggests that MIR-triggered responses in plants could ‘travel’ beyond the plant and be incorporated into plant-associated communities. However, inclusion of the effects of MIR-elicited responses across different members of the trophic chain, from plants to herbivores, their natural enemies,…
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