Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities
In complex and diverse environments, plants face constant challenges from various pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, and viruses, which can severely impact their growth, development, and survival. Mosses, representing early divergent lineages of land plants, lack traditional vascular systems yet...
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| author | Huan Zhang Huan Zhang Qilin Yang Qilin Yang Leyi Wang Leyi Wang Huawei Liu Huawei Liu Daoyuan Zhang Daoyuan Zhang Cheng-Guo Duan Xiaoshuang Li Xiaoshuang Li |
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| description | In complex and diverse environments, plants face constant challenges from various pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, and viruses, which can severely impact their growth, development, and survival. Mosses, representing early divergent lineages of land plants, lack traditional vascular systems yet demonstrate remarkable adaptability across diverse habitats. While sharing the fundamental innate immune systems common to all land plants, mosses have evolved distinct chemical and physical defense mechanisms. Notably, they exhibit resistance to many pathogens that typically affect vascular plants. Their evolutionary significance, relatively simple morphology, and well-conserved defense mechanisms make mosses excellent model organisms for studying plant-pathogen interactions. This article reviews current research on moss-pathogen interactions, examining host-pathogen specificity, characterizing infection phenotypes and physiological responses, and comparing pathogen susceptibility and defense mechanisms between mosses and angiosperms. Through this analysis, we aim to deepen our understanding of plant immune system evolution and potentially inform innovative approaches to enhancing crop disease resistance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-15ab1e9f1e394a9993d0819c648baa702025-02-11T07:00:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Genetics1664-80212025-02-011610.3389/fgene.2025.15393111539311Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunitiesHuan Zhang0Huan Zhang1Qilin Yang2Qilin Yang3Leyi Wang4Leyi Wang5Huawei Liu6Huawei Liu7Daoyuan Zhang8Daoyuan Zhang9Cheng-Guo Duan10Xiaoshuang Li11Xiaoshuang Li12State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaXinjiang Key Lab of Conservation and Utilization of Plant Gene Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaXinjiang Key Lab of Conservation and Utilization of Plant Gene Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaKey Laboratory of Plant Design, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaXinjiang Key Lab of Conservation and Utilization of Plant Gene Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, ChinaIn complex and diverse environments, plants face constant challenges from various pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, and viruses, which can severely impact their growth, development, and survival. Mosses, representing early divergent lineages of land plants, lack traditional vascular systems yet demonstrate remarkable adaptability across diverse habitats. While sharing the fundamental innate immune systems common to all land plants, mosses have evolved distinct chemical and physical defense mechanisms. Notably, they exhibit resistance to many pathogens that typically affect vascular plants. Their evolutionary significance, relatively simple morphology, and well-conserved defense mechanisms make mosses excellent model organisms for studying plant-pathogen interactions. This article reviews current research on moss-pathogen interactions, examining host-pathogen specificity, characterizing infection phenotypes and physiological responses, and comparing pathogen susceptibility and defense mechanisms between mosses and angiosperms. Through this analysis, we aim to deepen our understanding of plant immune system evolution and potentially inform innovative approaches to enhancing crop disease resistance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2025.1539311/fullmosspathogeninteractiondisease resistance mechanismplant immune receptors |
| spellingShingle | Huan Zhang Huan Zhang Qilin Yang Qilin Yang Leyi Wang Leyi Wang Huawei Liu Huawei Liu Daoyuan Zhang Daoyuan Zhang Cheng-Guo Duan Xiaoshuang Li Xiaoshuang Li Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities Frontiers in Genetics moss pathogen interaction disease resistance mechanism plant immune receptors |
| title | Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| title_full | Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| title_short | Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| title_sort | moss pathogen interactions a review of the current status and future opportunities |
| topic | moss pathogen interaction disease resistance mechanism plant immune receptors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2025.1539311/full |
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