A REVIEW ON INSECT EFFECTOR-ELICITOR RELATIONSHIP

Certain molecules present in insects (saliva, ovipositional fluids, feeding) being biologically active induce systematic or specific plant defense mechanisms. These insect elicitors exhibit close interactions with their specific hosts and develop resistance to their host defense. Various genes and proteins play a vital role in interfering with plant defense for better adaptation. These interference mechanisms are specific to the insect-host relationship and specific effector genes. To overcome insect resistance in host plants, high throughput tools were used to study the effector-elicitor relationships. In this review, we summarize previously studied plant defense reactions involved in elicitor-effector relationships and the recent methodologies used to develop novel strategies against insect resistance.