Methyl-salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence

Muhammad Arslan Mahmood; Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan; Rubab Zahra Naqvi; Shahid Mansoor

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.001

Methyl-salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence

Trends Plant Sci. 2024 Apr;29(4):391-393. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.001. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

Authors

Muhammad Arslan Mahmood¹, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan², Rubab Zahra Naqvi², Shahid Mansoor³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan; Present address: Plant Sciences Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
² Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE),Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
³ Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE),Constituent College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan; International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: shahidmansoor7@gmail.com.

PMID: 38135604
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.001

Abstract

Stressed plants emit a variety of chemicals into the environment, leading to increased pest resistance in neighbouring plants but the genetic and molecular mechanisms of the emissions remain obscure. Recently, Gong et al. identified novel methyl salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence that confers resistance to neighbouring plants against aphids and viruses.

Keywords: airborne defence; aphids; methyl salicylate; salicylic acid.

MeSH terms

Animals
Aphids*
Plants
Salicylates* / chemistry

Substances

methyl salicylate
Salicylates