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Volume 30, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0929-8665
  • E-ISSN: 1875-5305

Abstract

Necrotrophic phytopathogens pose a serious challenge to the productivity of several crops causing seedling damage, pre- and post-emergence damping-off and root rot thus reducing plant growth and yield. They are known to gain nutrition by secreting a diverse array of hydrolytic enzymes and thereby causing extensive host plant tissue maceration. Amongst the diverse hydrolases, proteases play a pivotal role in the necrotrophic mode of nutrition and thereby in determining pathogenic virulence. Host plants often counteract the necrotrophic proteolysis events by proteins (peptides), particularly through protease inhibitors (PIs). PIs play an important role in host innate immunity function by functioning as anti-metabolic proteins inhibiting the activity of phytopathogenic secretory proteases. Their abundance in plant storage organs explains their anti-nutritional interaction which stalls pathogenic invasion. PIs, therefore, constitute potential candidates that can be deployed as effective antimicrobials in agriculture, particularly against necrotrophic soil-borne pathogens. The present review traces the progress made in the identification of PIs from plants, and their inhibitory potential against necrotrophic phytopathogens and explores prospects of utilizing these molecules as effective anti-necrotrophic formulations for disease management.

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2023-01-01
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  • Article Type:
    Review Article
Keyword(s): Necrotrophs; phytopathogenic; protease inhibitors; proteases; soil-borne; storage organs
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