Diana Naalden, Wannes Dermauw, Aris Ilias, Geert Baggerman, Marieke Mastop, Juliette Silven, Paula J M van Kleeff, Sarmina Dangol, Nicolas Frédéric Gaertner, Winfried Roseboom, Mark Kwaaitaal, Gertjan Kramer, Harold van der Burg, John Vontas, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Merijn Kant, Rob Schuurink
The phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci is an important pest, responsible for the transmission of several crop-threatening virus species. While feeding, the insect secretes a cocktail of effectors to modulate plant defense responses. Here, we present a set of proteins that was identified in artificial diet on which B. tabaci was salivating. Subsequently we studied whether these candidate effectors can play a role in plant immune suppression. Effector G4 was the most robust suppressor of an induced-ROS response in Nicotiana benthamiana...
December 5, 2023: Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions: MPMI