Defence Mechanisms in Plants Flashcards
Plant defense mechanisms are decided mainly to?
Structural Defence Mechanism and Biochemical Defence Mechanism
Structural defense mechanisms are mainly of two types:
Pre-existing structural defence
and Post-Infectional Structural defence
Biochemical Defense Mechanism are mainly of two types:
Pre-existing Biochemical Defence and Post-Infectional Biochemical Defence
EXAMPLES OF: Pre-existing structural defense mechanisms
Wax
Thick cuticle
Thickness and toughness of the outer wall of epidermal cells
Stomata
Sclerenchyma cells
Lenticels
Pre-existing structural defense that mixture of a long chained apolar lipid, protective jelly which coats the plant leaves and fruits synthetization of the epidermis.
and It is extremely hydro-phobic.
Wax
In linseeds, cuticle acts as a barrier against
Melampsora lini
Silicification and lignifications of epidermal cells offers protection against
Pyricularia oryzae and Streptomyces scabies in paddy and potato, respectively
cells are present in stem and leaf veins
Sclerenchyma Cells
Sclerenchyma Cells effectively block the spread of some fungal and bacterial pathogens that cause
angular leaf spot
Structures of Natural Openings are
Stomata and Lenticels
name of a pathogen that cause stem rust of wheat can enters its host only when the stomata are open.
Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici
Small and suberized lenticels offer resistance to potato scab name the pathogen.
Streptomyces scabies
Post-Infectional Structural Defense are mainly of two types:
Cellular defense structure and Histological defense structure
Histological defense structure
Hyphal sheathing
Histological defense structure is mainly of four types:
Formation of cork layer
Formation of abscission layer
Formation of tyloses
Deposition of gums
defense structure that forms several layers of cells beyond the point of infection inhibits the further invasion by the pathogen beyond the initial lesion and also blocks the spread of toxic substances secreted by the pathogen.
Cork layers
example of infected protected with Cork layers
Potato tubers infected by Rhizoctonia
Prunus domestica leaves attacked by Coccomyces pruniphorae
defense structure consists of a gap formed between infected and healthy cells.
Abscission Layers
defense structure that overgrowths of the protoplast of adjacent living parenchymatous cells, which protrude into xylem vessels through pits.
Tyloses
defense structure secretion is most common in stone fruit trees but occurs in most plants.
Gum Deposition
the process in which gum produced by the plants and trees.
Gummosis
when can observed Hyphal sheathing in flax infected with?
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lini
Biochemical Defence Mechanism are mainly of two types:
Pre-existing chemical defence and Induced chemical defence
what are Pre-existing chemical defence
Inhibitors () and Phenolics