Natural defence against pathogens and parasites - Tolerance

7 important questions on Natural defence against pathogens and parasites - Tolerance

What does tolerance in a host plant refer to in the context of pathogen infection?

- Capacity to restrict damage or symptoms despite pathogen presence.
- Does not require restriction of pathogen contact or reproduction.
- A tolerant plant shows less damage or milder symptoms than a sensitive plant.

How are tolerance and sensitivity assessed in plants?

- They are quantitative and relative traits.
- Determined by damage per unit of pathogen quantity.
- Lower ratio of damage to pathogen quantity indicates higher tolerance.

In virology, how is the term tolerance used differently and what is an extreme example?

- Indicates mild symptoms despite infection by a virus.
- In extreme cases, a host does not show symptoms and is called a symptomless carrier.
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What is the effect of the Ty1 gene on plants infected with TYLCV?

- Provides tolerance, not resistance, to TYLCV symptom expression.
- Ty1 gene lines show mild symptoms or are symptomless.
- Moneymaker plant with Ty1 gene showed clearly yellow and curling leaves.
- Ty1 allows similar amounts of TYLCV DNA accumulation as ABL.

How was the tolerance to Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in wild tomato species transferred to cultivated tomatoes?

- Through interspecific backcrossing to the obsolete cultivar Moneymaker.
- ABL line carrying the Ty1 gene was created by advanced backcrossing.
- Both ABL and Moneymaker plants accumulated similar TYLCV DNA levels.

After inoculation with a virus, what might mild symptoms in plants indicate?

- Plants could either be fairly resistant or fairly tolerant to the virus.
- The determination of plant resistance or tolerance depends on the virus concentration in the plant.
- If high virus concentration without severe symptoms, plants might be tolerant.

What was the outcome of Kooistra's 1968 test on cucumber lines for resistance to the cucumber green mottle mosaic?

- Cucumber lines that expressed symptoms were not resistant or tolerant.
- Symptomless cucumber lines showed no significant yield reduction.
- Lines with high virus concentration but no symptoms were neither resistant nor tolerant.

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