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. 2020 Dec 22;44(4):1095–1110. doi: 10.1111/pce.13966

TABLE 1.

Effect of plant–plant communication via volatile organic compounds and root exudates on the suppression of plant pathogens

Donor plant Receiver plant Signal molecule Target pathogen References
Volatile organic compounds
Lima bean Lima bean Volatile organic compound, nonanal

P. syringae pv. syringae

PR‐2

Yi et al. (2009)
Tomato Tomato

(Z)‐3‐hexenyl propionate

(Z)‐3‐hexenyl butyrate

P. syringae pv. tomato stomatal closure Lopez‐Gresa et al. (2018)
Maize Maize (Z)‐3‐hexen‐1‐yl acetate, (Z)‐3‐hexenal, linalool and β‐caryophyllene Fusarium spp. Piesik et al. (2011)
Barley and wheat Barley and wheat GLV, (Z)‐b‐ocimene and linalool Fusarium spp. Piesik et al. (2013)
Wheat Wheat GLVs, fatty acid derivatives, benzenoids and terpenoid Puccinia triticina Castelyn et al. (2014)
Lima bean Lima bean Limonene, linalool, nonanal, methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate Colletortichum lindemuthianum Quintana‐Rodriguez et al. (2015)
Tobacco Tobacco Methyl salicylate Tobacco mosaic virus Shulaev, Silverman, and Raskin (1997)
Tea (Camellia sinensis) Tea (E)‐nerolidol Colletotrichum fructicola Chen et al. (2020)
A. thaliana A. thaliana α‐ and β‐pinene P. syringae pv. tomato Riedlmeier et al. (2017)
Maize Maize

GLVs, terpenes

Shikimic acid pathway derivatives

Pantoea ananatis Delaney et al. (2015)
Root exudates
Poncirus trifoliata P. trifoliata Salicylic acid Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri Zhang, Zou, Liu, and Wu (2019)
Maize Pepper 2,4‐Dihydroxy‐7‐methoxy‐2H‐1,4‐benzoxazin‐3(4H)‐one, 6‐methoxy‐2‐benzoxazolinone, benzothiazole and 2‐(methylthio)‐benzothiazole P. capsici Yang et al. (2014)
Tobacco Tobacco Salicylic acid R. solanacearum and P. syringae pv. tabaci Cheol Song, Sim, Kim, and Ryu (2016)
A. thaliana A. thaliana Root‐derived signal(s) P. syringae pv. tomato Orlovskis and Reymond (2020)
E. crus‐galli Rice a (−)‐loliolide

P. oryzae

F. oxysporum

R. solani

Kong, Xu, Zhang, and Zhang (2010), Li, Zhao, and Kong (2020) and Zhao, Cheng, Guo, Duan, and Che (2018)
Rice Rice a Allantoin

P. syringae

P. carotovorum

Takagi et al. (2016) and Yang et al. (2018)
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This information was obtained from several reports, some of which reported these chemicals as inter‐plant signals and others as their effects on plant pathogens.