@Article{phyton.2020.08922,
AUTHOR = {Adnan Shakeel, Abrar Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Haris},
TITLE = {Multifaceted Strategies Used by Root-Knot Nematodes to Parasitize Plants-A Review},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {89},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {205--215},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v89n2/38669},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Root-knot nematodes being omnipresent in agricultural and horticultural soils are tallied among the most important economic pathogens around the
world. For successful parasitism, these nematodes use various strategies to control
and manipulate the host plant’s cell machinery. These strategies include the molecular mimicry of some host genes by some nematode secreted effector proteins,
secretion of cell wall digesting enzymes and other effector proteins that are
responsible for the suppression of defence by the host plant. All these secretions
which are released through the stylet, contribute to the formation of specialized
feeding sites or giant cells. The effector proteins interfere with the normal physiology, cytology and biochemistry of the host plant. The present review brings novel
insights by summarizing some novel effectors that have been discovered recently
like <i>MgPDI</i>, <i>MiMIF</i>, <i>MiIDL1</i>, <i>MiISE6</i>, <i>Mg16820</i>, etc. It also discusses some
novel mechanisms through which these effector proteins target different pathways
of host plants and thus facilitate nematode parasitism.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2020.08922}
}