Plants have a "communicator" when they are resistant to pathogens

The communicators who are in charge of delivering information in war are crucial According to a new study in Japan, there is also a kind of substance that plays the role of "communicator" when plants are resistant to pathogen infection, and Research on it will help to cultivate crops with stronger disease resistance A team from the Ministry of agriculture of Kinki University, Japan, reported in the new issue of cell host and microbe in the United States that in the study of rice blast and bacterial blight, it was found that there was a protein named osrlck185 in rice When rice was threatened by pathogen infection, it was able to obtain information from the biomarkers of the pathogen and act as a communicator This information is also transmitted to other immune related proteins The immune system of rice will produce a variety of immune responses, such as making the cell wall thicker, or secreting antibacterial substances, to help rice fight against pathogens However, the pathogen also pays attention to the role of the "communicator" of the immune system When it tries to infect rice, it will try to prevent the protein from functioning, thus preventing the immune response of rice The researchers said the findings could help to develop crops that are more resistant to disease and drugs that make plants more immune "The immune mechanism of plants is common, and this discovery is expected to promote the development of more environmentally friendly drugs and plant varieties," said Kawasaki Nuo, a member of the research team and professor of the school