Adnan Shakeel*, Abrar Ahmad Khan, Mohammad Haris
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.89, No.2, pp. 205-215, 2020, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2020.08922
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… More >
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