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How does sweet violet (Viola odorata L.) fight pathogens and pests - are cyclotides a type of plant immune system?

2017/26/D/NZ8/00658

Keywords:

Cyclotides cyclic polypeptides chemical ecology Viola odorata biotic stress plant defense mechanisms hypersensitivity response

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_11: Botany
  • NZ3_11: Developmental biology in plants

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Instytut Botaniki im. Władysława Szafera Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Błażej Ślązak 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: SONATA 13 - announced on 2017-06-14

Amount awarded: 448 300 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-07-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-07-01

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Note - project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Kompaktowa waga laboratoryjna.
  2. Wirówka na fiolki 15ml (9 000 PLN)
  3. Laptop (12 000 PLN)
  4. Pakiet Microsoft Office.
  5. Lodówka (2 000 PLN)
  6. Mini wirówka na Ependorfy 1.5ml (1 500 PLN)
  7. Mikroskop i lupa binokularna z kamerą.
  8. Kuchenka mikrofalowa.
  9. Mieszadło magnetyczne.
  10. Palnik gazowy.
  11. Wytrząsarka (8 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. The diversity of cyclotides in violets from the Canary Islands – peptide host defense tailored for species and environments?
    Authors:
    Blazej Slazak, Klara Kaltenböck, Karin Steffen, Martyna Rogala, Priscila Rodríguez, Anna Nilsson, Reza Shariatgorji, Per E. Andrén, Ulf Göransson
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2021, tom: 11, strony: 12452), Wydawca: Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-021-91555-y - link to the publication
  2. Tropical vibes from Sri Lanka - Cyclotides from Viola betonicifolia by transcriptome and mass spectrometry analysis
    Authors:
    Sanjeevan Rajendran , Blazej Slazak , Supun Mohotti , Adam A. Strömstedt , Ulf Göransson , C. M. Hettiarachchi , Sunithi Gunasekera
    Academic press:
    Phytochemisty (rok: 2021, tom: 187, strony: 112749), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112749 - link to the publication
  3. The involvement of cyclotides in mutual interactions of violets and the two-spotted spider mite
    Authors:
    Blazej Slazak, Aleksandra Jędrzejska, Bogna Badyra, Anna Sybilska, Mariusz Lewandowski, Marcin Kozak, Małgorzata Kapusta, Reza Shariatgorji, Anna Nilsson, Per E. Andrén, Ulf Göransson, Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 1914), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-022-05461-y - link to the publication
  4. The life cycle of cyclotides: biosynthesis and turnover in plant cell
    Authors:
    Blazej Slazak, Tobias Haugmo, Bogna Badyra, Ulf Göransson
    Academic press:
    Plant Cell Reports (rok: 2020, tom: 39, strony: 1359–1367), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00299-020-02569-1 - link to the publication
  5. Behavioral and physiological effects of Viola spp. cyclotides on Myzus persicae (Sulz.)
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Dancewicz, Blazej Slazak, Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz, Małgorzata Kapusta, Jerzy Bohdanowicz, Beata Gabryś
    Academic press:
    Journal of Insect Physiology (rok: 2020, tom: 122, strony: 104025), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104025 - link to the publication
  6. The influence of plant stress hormones and biotic elicitors on cyclotide production in Viola uliginosa cell suspension cultures
    Authors:
    Blazej Slazak, Aleksandra Jędrzejska, Bogna Badyra, Reza Shariatgorji, Anna Nilsson, Per E. Andrén, Ulf Göransson
    Academic press:
    MDPI Plants (rok: 2022, tom: 11, strony: 1876), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/plants11141876 - link to the publication