About this Research Topic
With globalization, there were more and more wood borers and pathogens causing ecological disaster and economic losses to forests. The outbreak frequency of wood borers, plant-parasitic nematodes, fungi, viruses, etc. is increasing with climate and environmental change. Certain key links in the behavior, immune system, development, propagation, metabolism, etc., could be used as novel targets in ecological control measures of wood borers. At present, certain key links not only were regulated by wood borers themselves but also by their interactions with other organisms including plant pathogens and their associated microbes. These complex interacting channels include chemical communication, genetic materials, nutrients, metabolites, and so on.
In recent years, coupled with advances in omics research techniques, the biointeractions among host plants, wood borers, plant pathogens, and associated microbes are clarified deeply. The analysis of the genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, microbiome, and immunome levels will allow uncovering the novel signaling molecules and related signal pathways in the complex interactions including host plants-wood borers/pathogens, host plants-vector woodborers-pathogens, wood borers /pathogens - associated microbes, and even host plant-wood borers-pathogens/their associated microbes interactions. The urgency and the need for more in-depth studies aim not only at evaluating the potential mechanisms of formation of associated biointeractions in the evolution but also to develop novel strategies through exploring nature chemicals, proteins, small RNA, or microbes to protect plants.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the biointeractions among host plants, wood borers, and pathogens/their associated microbes especially those that focus on:
- The synergetic or trade-off cross among different molecules, metabolic pathways, or physiological issues of bark beetles, sawyer beetles, fruit borers, and parasitic pathogens in the face of different environmental and biological factors.
- The chemical communication in the complex biological interactions including host plants-wood borers/pathogens, host plants-vector wood borers-pathogens, wood borers /pathogens-associated microbes, and even host plant-wood borers-pathogens/their associated microbes interactions.
- The molecular mechanism of the complex biological interaction in genetics, proteins, small RNA, metabolites, etc. levels.
- Microbiota, microbiome, or functions of associate microbes in these complex biological interactions.
In recent years, coupled with advances in omics research techniques, the biointeractions among host plants, wood borers, plant pathogens, and associated microbes are clarified deeply. The analysis of the genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, microbiome, and immunome levels will allow uncovering the novel signaling molecules and related signal pathways in the complex interactions including host plants-wood borers/pathogens, host plants-vector woodborers-pathogens, wood borers /pathogens - associated microbes, and even host plant-wood borers-pathogens/their associated microbes interactions. The urgency and the need for more in-depth studies aim not only at evaluating the potential mechanisms of formation of associated biointeractions in the evolution but also to develop novel strategies through exploring nature chemicals, proteins, small RNA, or microbes to protect plants.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the biointeractions among host plants, wood borers, and pathogens/their associated microbes especially those that focus on:
- The synergetic or trade-off cross among different molecules, metabolic pathways, or physiological issues of bark beetles, sawyer beetles, fruit borers, and parasitic pathogens in the face of different environmental and biological factors.
- The chemical communication in the complex biological interactions including host plants-wood borers/pathogens, host plants-vector wood borers-pathogens, wood borers /pathogens-associated microbes, and even host plant-wood borers-pathogens/their associated microbes interactions.
- The molecular mechanism of the complex biological interaction in genetics, proteins, small RNA, metabolites, etc. levels.
- Microbiota, microbiome, or functions of associate microbes in these complex biological interactions.
Keywords: Biological Interactions, host pines, bark beetle
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