Table 1.
Summary of plant defensins isolated from different plant species and overexpressed in transgenic plants for enhanced resistance against phytopathogens
| AMP/signal | Source of defensin | Transgenic plant | Pathogens tested | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrD1 | Brassica rapa | Rice | Nilaparvatalugens (brown planthopper insect) | Choi et al. (2009) |
| Fusarium graminearum | ||||
| Rhizoctonia cerealis | Li et al. (2011) | |||
| RsAFP2 | Raphanus sativus | Wheat/rice | Magnaporthe oryza | Jha and Chattoo (2010) |
| Rhizoctonia solani | Terras et al. (1995) | |||
| Alternaria longipes | ||||
| Magnaporthe oryzae | ||||
| Dm‐AMP1 | Dahlia merckii | Rice/papaya | Rhizoctonia solani | Zhu et al. (2007) |
| Phytophthora palmivora | Jha et al. (2010) | |||
| Magnaporthe oryzae | ||||
| MsDef1 | Medicago sativa | Tomato | Fusarium oxysporum | Abdallah et al. (2010) |
| Phytophthora parasitica | ||||
| Peronospora hyoscyami | ||||
| NmDef02 | N. megalosiphon | Tobacco/potato | Phytophthora infestans | Portieles et al. (2010) |
| Alternaria solani | ||||
| WjAMP‐1 | Wasabia japonica | Melon | Fusarium oxysporum | Ntui et al. (2010) |
| Alternaria solani | ||||
| cadef1 | Chili | Tomato | Fusarium sp. | Zainal et al. (2009) |
| Phytophthora infestans | ||||
| DEF2 | Capsicum annum | Tomato | Botrytis cinerea | Stotz et al. (2009) |
| BjD | Mustard | Peanut | Phaeoisariopsis personata | Swathi Anuradha et al. (2008) |
| Cercospora arachidicola | ||||
| ica L | ||||
| alfAFP | Alfalfa | Potato | Verticillium dahliae | Gao et al. (2000) |
| DRR206 | Pea | Canola | Leptosphaeria maculans | Wang et al. (1999) |
| WjAMP-1 | Wasabia japonica | Rice | Magnaporthe grisea | Kanzaki et al. (2002) |
| Wasabi defensin | Wasabia japonica | Potato | Botrytis cinerea | Khan et al. (2006) |
| Tomato | Botrytis cinerea | Khan et al. (2011b,a) | ||
| Alternaria solani | ||||
| Fusarium oxysporum | ||||
| Erysiphe lycopersici | ||||
| Petunia | Botrytis cinerea | Khan et al. (2011b,a) | ||
| Phalaenopsis | Erwinia carotovora | Sjahril et al. (2006) | ||
| MiAMP1 | Macadamia integrifolia | Canola | Leptosphaeria maculans | Kazan et al. (2002) |
| Human β‐defensin 2 | Human | Arabidopsis | Botrytis cinerea | Aerts et al. (2007) |
| NaD1 | Nicotiana alata | Cotton | Fusarium oxysporum | Gaspar et al. (2014) |
| Verticillium dahliae | ||||
| PaDef | Persea americana | Bovine endothelial | E. coli | Guzmán-Rodríguez et al. (2013) |
| Cell line BVE-E6E7 | Staphylococcus aureus | |||
| Candida albicans |