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. 2022 Jun 3;11(6):861. doi: 10.3390/biology11060861

Table 1.

Involvement of salicylic acid in plant–microorganism symbiotic interactions and defense priming.

Interaction Activity Effect Microbe Host Plant Ref.
Plant-Endophyte Establishment of symbiosis Downregulation of SA accumulation Bartalinia pondoensis, Fusarium sp., Cochliobolus lunatus Phaseolus lunatus [38]
Epichloë spp. Lolium multiflorum [47]
Defense Antiherbivory Epichloë spp. Lolium multiflorum [47]
Enhanced VOC emission Bartalinia pondoensis, Fusarium sp., Cochliobolus lunatus Phaseolus lunatus [38]
Induction of PR genes. Paenibacillus alvei Arabidopsis thaliana [49]
Induction of defense related genes Pseudomonas fluorescens Arabidopsis thaliana [50]
Trichoderma spp. Arabidopsis thaliana [51,52]
Solanum lycopersicum [53]
Epichloë gansuensis Achnatherum inebrians [54]
Plant-Mycorrhiza Establishment of symbiosis Regulation of root colonization Glomus mosseae Pisum sativum [61]
Glomus intraradices, Glomus mosseae Nicotiana tabacum [62]
Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus irregularis Solanum lycopersicum, Glycine max, Zea mays [63]
Glomus sp. Solanum tuberosum, Medicago truncatula [64]
Defense Defense Priming Glomus mosseae Trifolium repens [65]
Rhizofagus irregularis Vitis vinifera [66]
Induction of defense related genes Claroideoglomus etunicatum, Claroideoglomus claroideum, Rhizophagus irregularis, Funneliformis geosporus, Funneliformis mosseae Pisum sativum [67]
Glomus sp. Solanum tuberosum, Medicago truncatula [68]
Funneliformis mosseae Triticum aestivum [69]
Glomus intraradices Oryza sativa [70]
Glomus mosseae Oryza sativa [59]
Plant-Rhizobia Establishment of symbiosis Regulation of root colonization and nodule formation Mesorhizobium loti Lotus japonicus, Medicago truncatula [71]
Sinorhizobium meliloti Medicago sativa [72]
Sinorhizobium meliloti Medicago sativa [73]
Decreased innate immunity within nodules Sinorhizobium spp. Medicago truncatula [74]
Sinorhizobium spp Medicago truncatula [75]
Defense Induction of defense related genes Sinorhizobium spp. Medicago truncatula [75]
Rhizobium leguminosarum, Sinorhizobium meliloti Medicago truncatula, Pisum sativum [76]
Rhizobium leguminosarum Pisum sativum [77,78]
Sinorhizobium meliloti Medicago truncatula [79]