Project description:Fusarium graminearum (F.g) is responsible for Fusarium head blight (FHB), which is a destructive disease of wheat that accumulates mycotoxin such as deoxynivalenol (DON) and makes its quality unsuitable for end use. Several FHB resistant varieties development is going on world-wide. However the complete understanding of wheat defence response, pathogen (Fusarium graminearum) disease development mechanism and the gene crosstalk between organisms is still unclear. In our study focused to analyse pathogen (F. graminearum) molecular action in different Fusarium head blight resistance cultivars during the disease development. To understand the Fusarium graminearum pathogen molecular reaction, microarray gene expression analysis was carried out by using Fusarium graminearum (8 x 15k) Agilent arrays at two time points (3 & 7 days after infection) on three wheat genotypes (Japanese landrace cv. Nobeokabouzu-komugi - highly resistant, Chinese cv. Sumai 3 - resistant and Australian cv. Gamenya - susceptible), which spikes infected by Fusarium graminearum ‘H-3’strain. During the disease development the pathogen biomass as well as the expression of Trichothecene biosynthesis involved genes (Tri genes) in three wheat cultivars was determined. In our material no relation between fungus biomass and the disease symptoms were observed, however, it showed relation with fungus virulence factors expression (Tri genes). For the first time, we report the nature of Fusarium graminearum gene expression in the FHB-highly resistant cv. Nobeokabouzu-komugi during the disease development stage and the possible underlying molecular response.
Project description:Identify genes underlying the Fusarium crown rot resistance locus and find out if expressed genes associated with resistance to Fusarium crown rot were related to those observed by others for Fusarium head blight.
Project description:We identified the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in Triticum aestivum infected with Fusarium graminearum by high-throughput RNA sequencing. More than 393 million clean reads were obtained from Illumina Hiseq 4000 system and 126,391 transcripts was identified as high-confidence lncRNAs in T. aestivum against F. graminearum by an integrated approach. Already well over 4,130 of the total 4,276 differentially expressed lncRNAs were specifically expressed at 12 h post-inoculation (hpi), but only 89 of these were specifically expressed at 24 hpi, indicating that the initial stage was the crucial stage for lncRNA-mediated gene regulation of wheat defense against F. graminearum. Target analysis showed the lncRNAs participated in various biological stress processes.
Project description:Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of cereal crops caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg). FHB affects the flowering heads (or spikes). This study compare the gene expression profile in wheat spikelets from the very susceptible spring wheat cultivar Roblin inoculated with water (H2O) or Fg.
Project description:Triticale was used as a model to recognize new components of molecular mechanism of resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereals. Fusarium-damaged kernels of two lines distinct in levels of resistance to FHB were applied into a proteome profiling using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) to create protein maps and mass spectrometry to identify the proteins differentially accumulated between the analyzed lines. The 2-DE analysis indicated a total of 23 spots with clear differences in a protein content between the more resistant and more susceptible triticale lines after infection with F. culmorum. A majority of the proteins were involved in a cell carbohydrate metabolism, stressing the importance of this protein group in a plant response to Fusarium infection. The increased accumulation levels of different isoforms of plant beta-amylase were observed for a more susceptible triticale line after inoculation. The more resistant line was characterized by a higher abundance of alpha-amylase inhibitor CM2 subunit.
Project description:Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a disease of wheat and other cereal crops, where, among other species, Fusarium graminearum infects the wheat inflorescence. Microarrays were used to observe differential gene expression in FHB-challenged spikes of the two European winter wheat genotypes Dream (moderately resistant) and Lynx (susceptible). Plants were either inoculated with the Fusarium graminearum strain IFA 65 (IFA Tulln) (500 macroconidia/floret) or were as control plants mock treated with desalted water. The inocula were injected into four spikelets at early anthesis and spikelets were later on collected at 32 and 72 h after inoculation. Four plants were sampled per genotype/treatment/sampling date. Total RNA was extracted from collected spikelets, and microarray analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Wheat GeneChip.
Project description:Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of cereal crops caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg). FHB affects the flowering heads (or spikes). This study compare the gene expression profile in wheat spikelets from the resistant winter wheat cultivar Dream inoculated with water (H2O) or Fg.
Project description:Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of cereal crops caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg). FHB affects the flowering heads (or spikes). This study compare the gene expression profile in wheat spikelets from the resistant spring wheat cultivar Wuhan1 inoculated with water (H2O) or Fg.
Project description:Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of cereal crops caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg). FHB affects the flowering heads (or spikes). This study compare the gene expression profile in wheat spikelets from the resistant spring wheat cultivar NuyBay inoculated with water (H2O) or Fg.
Project description:Fusarium graminearum causes Fusarium head blight (FHB), which represents one of the major wheat diseases worldwide, determining reduction in grain quality, yield and the accumulation of mycotoxins. To mine the molecular response associated to the wheat 2DL FHB resistance quantitative trait locus (QTL), derived from the cultivar Wuhan-1, and to identify candidate genes implicated in such resistance, a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of the early response to F. graminearum infection at 3 days post inoculation of spikelet and rachis was performed with the RNA-Seq and miRNA-Seq techniques. The analyses were conducted on two Near Isogenic Lines (NILs) differing for the presence of the 2DL QTL (2-2618, resistant 2DL+ and 2-2890, susceptible null).