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Salicylic acid: The roles in plant immunity and crosstalk with other hormones

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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Bio‐resource and Eco‐environment of Ministry of Education, The College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China
    2. Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
    3. Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

    *Correspondence: Yuelin Zhang (yuelin.zhang@scu.edu.cn)

Received date: 2024-09-17

  Accepted date: 2024-11-26

  Online published: 2024-12-23

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We are thankful for financial support to Y.Z. from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32330008) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YJ202255).

Abstract

Land plants use diverse hormones to coordinate their growth, development and responses against biotic and abiotic stresses. Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential hormone in plant immunity, with its levels and signaling tightly regulated to ensure a balanced immune output. Over the past three decades, molecular genetic analyses performed primarily in Arabidopsis have elucidated the biosynthesis and signal transduction pathways of key plant hormones, including abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene, auxin, cytokinin, brassinosteroids, and gibberellin. Crosstalk between different hormones has become a major focus in plant biology with the goal of obtaining a full picture of the plant hormone signaling network. This review highlights the roles of SA in plant immunity and summarizes our current understanding of the pairwise interactions of SA with other major plant hormones. The complexity of these interactions is discussed, with the hope of stimulating research to address existing knowledge gaps in hormone crosstalk, particularly in the context of balancing plant growth and defense.

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Hainan Tian, Lu Xu, Xin Li, Yuelin Zhang . Salicylic acid: The roles in plant immunity and crosstalk with other hormones[J]. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2025 , 67(3) : 773 -785 . DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13820

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