Chawade, Aakash
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Crop cultivation is crucial for the existence of human beings, as it fulfills our nutritional requirements. Crops and other plants are always at a high risk of being attacked by phytopathogens, especially pathogenic fungi. Although plants have a well-developed defense system, it can be compromised during pathogen attack. Chitinases can enhance the plant's defense system as they act on chitin, a major component of the cell wall of pathogenic fungi, and render the fungi inactive without any negative impact on the plants. Along with strengthening plant defense mechanisms, chitinases also improve plant growth and yield. Chitinases in combination with recombinant technology can be a promising tool for improving plant resistance to fungal diseases. The applicability of chitinase-derived oligomeric products of chitin further augment chitinase prospecting to enhance plant defense and growth.
Keywords
chitinases; phytopathogenesis; fungi; plant defense
Published in
Agriculture
2018, volume: 8, number: 7, article number: 88
SLU Authors
Associated SLU-program
SLU Plant Protection Network
AMR: Fungus
UKÄ Subject classification
Microbiology
Plant Biotechnology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8070088
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/98657