title: ParasiticCuscutafactor(s) and the detection by tomato initiates plant defense.
abstract: Dodders (Cuscutaspp.) are holoparasitic plants that enwind stems of host plants and penetrate those by haustoria to connect to the vascular bundles. Having a broad host plant spectrum,Cuscutaspp infect nearly all dicot plants - only cultivated tomato as one exception is mounting an active defense specifically againstC. reflexa. In a recent work we identified a pattern recognition receptor of tomato, "Cuscuta Receptor 1" (CuRe1), which is critical to detect a "Cuscuta factor" (CuF) and initiate defense responses such as the production of ethylene or the generation of reactive oxygen species. CuRe1 also contributes to the tomato resistance againstC. reflexa. Here we point to the fact that CuRe1 is not the only relevant component for full tomato resistance but it requires additional defense mechanisms, or receptors, respectively, to totally fend off the parasite.
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fürst
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hegenauer
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Körner
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Welz
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albert
keywords: Cuscuta; Cuscuta factor; parasitic plant; pattern recognition receptor; plant immunity; plant-plant interaction