The use of natural bio-based compounds becomes an eco-friendly strategy to control plant diseases. Rare sugars would be promising compounds as inducers of plant “sweet immunity”. The present study aimed to investigate the induced resistance of grapevine leaves against Plasmopara viticola and Botrytis cinerea by a rare sugar-based product (IFP48) and its active ingredient D-tagatose (TAG), in order to elucidate molecular mechanism involved in defense-related metabolic regulations before and after pathogen challenge. Data showed that spraying leaves with IFP48 and TAG lead to a significant reduction of downy mildew, but not of gray mold disease. The induced protection against P. viticola relies on IFP48’s and to a lesser extent TAG’s ability to potentiate the activation of salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid/ethylene-responsive genes and stilbene phytoalexin accumulation. Most of defense responses remained upregulated in IFP48-treated plants after infection with P. viticola, but inconsistent following challenge with B. cinerea. The beneficial effects of IFP48 were associated with an enhanced accumulation of tagatose inside leaf tissues compared to TAG treatment. Meanwhile, the amounts of sugars, glucose, fructose, maltose, galactose and trehalose remained unchanged or decreased in IFP48-treated leaves after P. viticola infection, although only a few genes involved in sugar transport and metabolism showed transcriptional regulation. This suggests a contribution of sugar homeostasis to the IFP48-induced sweet immune response and priming plants for enhanced resistance to P. viticola, but not to B. cinerea

Mijailovic, N.; Richet, N.; Villaume, S.; Nesler, A.; Perazzolli, M.; Aït Barka, E.; Aziz, A. (2022). D-Tagatose-based product triggers sweet immunity and resistance of grapevine to downy mildew, but not to gray mold disease. PLANTS, 11 (3): 296. doi: 10.3390/plants11030296 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/72236

D-Tagatose-based product triggers sweet immunity and resistance of grapevine to downy mildew, but not to gray mold disease

Perazzolli, Michele;
2022-01-01

Abstract

The use of natural bio-based compounds becomes an eco-friendly strategy to control plant diseases. Rare sugars would be promising compounds as inducers of plant “sweet immunity”. The present study aimed to investigate the induced resistance of grapevine leaves against Plasmopara viticola and Botrytis cinerea by a rare sugar-based product (IFP48) and its active ingredient D-tagatose (TAG), in order to elucidate molecular mechanism involved in defense-related metabolic regulations before and after pathogen challenge. Data showed that spraying leaves with IFP48 and TAG lead to a significant reduction of downy mildew, but not of gray mold disease. The induced protection against P. viticola relies on IFP48’s and to a lesser extent TAG’s ability to potentiate the activation of salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid/ethylene-responsive genes and stilbene phytoalexin accumulation. Most of defense responses remained upregulated in IFP48-treated plants after infection with P. viticola, but inconsistent following challenge with B. cinerea. The beneficial effects of IFP48 were associated with an enhanced accumulation of tagatose inside leaf tissues compared to TAG treatment. Meanwhile, the amounts of sugars, glucose, fructose, maltose, galactose and trehalose remained unchanged or decreased in IFP48-treated leaves after P. viticola infection, although only a few genes involved in sugar transport and metabolism showed transcriptional regulation. This suggests a contribution of sugar homeostasis to the IFP48-induced sweet immune response and priming plants for enhanced resistance to P. viticola, but not to B. cinerea
D-tagatose
IFP48
Induced resistance
Sweet immunity
Sugar-enhanced defense
Plasmopara viticola
Botrytis cinerea
Vitis vinifera
Settore BIO/04 - FISIOLOGIA VEGETALE
2022
Mijailovic, N.; Richet, N.; Villaume, S.; Nesler, A.; Perazzolli, M.; Aït Barka, E.; Aziz, A. (2022). D-Tagatose-based product triggers sweet immunity and resistance of grapevine to downy mildew, but not to gray mold disease. PLANTS, 11 (3): 296. doi: 10.3390/plants11030296 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/72236
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