Project description:Transcriptome response of avocado roots subjected to flooding, infection by the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi or a combination of both. Analysis was carried out at two time-points. Aim was to identify important genes in response to these stresses.
Project description:Phytophthora cinnamomi is a devastating soil-borne oomycete with a very broad host range however there remains a major gap in the understanding of plant resistance responses to the pathogen, furthermore, necrotrophic plant-pathogen interactions, particularly those of root pathogens, remain poorly understood. Zea mays exhibits non-host resistance to the pathogen and has been well characterised as a model species. Using the maize Affymetrix GeneChip array we conducted genome-wide gene expression profiling to elucidate the defence genes and pathways which are induced in the root tissue of a resistant plant species to the pathogen.
