title: Priming: getting ready for battle.
abstract: Infection of plants by necrotizing pathogens or colonization of plant roots with certain beneficial microbes causes the induction of a unique physiological state called "priming." The primed state can also be induced by treatment of plants with various natural and synthetic compounds. Primed plants display either faster, stronger, or both activation of the various cellular defense responses that are induced following attack by either pathogens or insects or in response to abiotic stress. Although the phenomenon has been known for decades, most progress in our understanding of priming has been made over the past few years. Here, we summarize the current knowledge of priming in various induced-resistance phenomena in plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Conrath
authors.forename: Gerold J M
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Beckers
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Flors
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Agustín
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jakab
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mauch
authors.forename: Mari-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Corné M J
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pieterse
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poinssot
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pozo
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pugin
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schaffrath
authors.forename: Jurriaan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ton
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wendehenne
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimmerli
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mauch-Mani
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000502:physiology; D007313:Insecta / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D005030:Ethylenes; C047667:3-aminobutyric acid; C036216:ethylene; D020156:Salicylic Acid