Linking Plant Secondary Metabolites and Plant Microbiomes: A Review

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play many roles including defense against pathogens, pests, and herbivores; response to environmental stresses, and mediating organismal interactions. Similarly, plant microbiomes participate in many of the above-mentioned processes directly or indirectly by regula...

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Published in:Frontiers in plant science Vol. 12; p. 621276
Main Authors: Pang, Zhiqiang, Chen, Jia, Wang, Tuhong, Gao, Chunsheng, Li, Zhimin, Guo, Litao, Xu, Jianping, Cheng, Yi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media SA 02.03.2021
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ISSN:1664-462X, 1664-462X
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Summary:Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play many roles including defense against pathogens, pests, and herbivores; response to environmental stresses, and mediating organismal interactions. Similarly, plant microbiomes participate in many of the above-mentioned processes directly or indirectly by regulating plant metabolism. Studies have shown that plants can influence their microbiome by secreting various metabolites and, in turn, the microbiome may also impact the metabolome of the host plant. However, not much is known about the communications between the interacting partners to impact their phenotypic changes. In this article, we review the patterns and potential underlying mechanisms of interactions between PSMs and plant microbiomes. We describe the recent developments in analytical approaches and methods in this field. The applications of these new methods and approaches have increased our understanding of the relationships between PSMs and plant microbiomes. Though the current studies have primarily focused on model organisms, the methods and results obtained so far should help future studies of agriculturally important plants and facilitate the development of methods to manipulate PSMs–microbiome interactions with predictive outcomes for sustainable crop productions.
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Edited by: Roberta Marra, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
This article was submitted to Plant Pathogen Interactions, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science
Reviewed by: Emilio Guerrieri, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (CNR), Italy; Anwar Hussain, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
ISSN:1664-462X
1664-462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.621276