ArticleThe Plant cell2024
Different multicellular trichome types coordinate herbivore mechanosensing and defense in tomato.
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- Herbivore defense syndromes differ between native and invasive plant species.Plant diversity · 2026Article
- Plant strategies against herbivorous insects.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2026Review
- Activation of Multidimensional Defenses inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Genetic Wiring of Plant Trichomes: From Initiation to Fate Specification.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Glandular trichome rupture in tomato plants is an ultra-fast and sensitive defense mechanism against insects.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
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- How the diversity in digestion in carnivorous plants may have evolved.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- SlH3 and SlH4 promote multicellular trichome formation and elongation by upregulating woolly in tomato.Horticulture research · 2025Article
- Cotton GhMAX2 promotes single-celled fiber elongation by releasing the GhS1FA-mediated inhibition of fatty acid biosynthesis.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
- Well prepared: How trichome polymorphism creates an early-warning system against herbivory.The Plant cell · 2024Article
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Abstract
Herbivore-induced wounding can elicit a defense response in plants. However, whether plants possess a surveillance system capable of detecting herbivore threats and initiating preparatory defenses before wounding occurs remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) trichomes can detect and respond to the mechanical stimuli generated by herbivores. Mechanical stimuli are preferentially perceived by long trichomes, and this mechanosensation is transduced via intra-trichome communication. This communication presumably involves calcium waves, and the transduced signals activate the jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathway in short glandular trichomes, resulting in the upregulation of the Woolly (Wo)-SlMYC1 regulatory module for terpene biosynthesis. This induced defense mechanism provides plants with an early warning system against the threat of herbivore invasion. Our findings represent a perspective on the role of multicellular trichomes in plant defense and the underlying intra-trichome communication.
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