Innate Immunity Signaling in Plants Erika Keshishian
Outline Toll-like receptors Plant defense Review Animals vs. plants Hypersensitive Response Phytoalexins Systemic Acquired Resistance
Toll-Like Receptors
Plant vs. Animal “TLRs”
How plants cope with pathogens Bacteria, viruses, fungi, invertebrates* Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns, PAMPs Pattern Recognition Receptors, PRRs
Remember, plants cannot move to avoid predators…
Nor can they swat them away…
Pathogen Defense
Pathogen Defense – Hypersensitive Response
Hypersensitive Response
Phytoalexins
Systemic Acquired Resistance
Systemic Acquired Resistance
Questions?