Project description:To study the responses of kiwifruit to Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, one-year-old potted seeding A. c. var. deliciosa cultivar ‘Jinkui’ and the pandemic Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae bacterial strain JF8 (CCTCC AB2018305) were used for this study. This bacterial strain was originally isolated from A. c. var. chinensis cultivar ‘Jinfeng’ and further characterized . Plants were maintained in an aseptic room, with 95% of relative humidity, have natural light and no further fertilization after their receiving from the nursery. For inoculation, the P. s.pv. actinidiae strain was streaked on nutrient-sucrose agar (NSA) and incubated at 25 °C for 48-h. Ten microliters of a bacterial suspension (1-2×107cfu/mL) prepared in sterile 0.85 % w NaCl were inoculated in the plants chosen for investigation. The bacterial suspension was sprayed to entirety tree. In parallel, control plants were treated in the same way with sterile 0.85 % w NaCl solution. The inoculated and control plants were randomly distributed in the room at 15 ± 3 °C. 24-h after inoculation, ‘Jinkui’ leaves were sampled from the infected and control plants for further analyses. Each sample consisted of the leaves of one tree. Three biological replicates were used for each line.
