Project description:miR6024 overexpression may lead to changes in the transcriptome profile of tomato plants. Further changes may be noticed on infecting these plants with the necrotrophic pathogen Alternaria solani. These changes can only be gauged by carrying out a comparative transcriptome analysis with the wild type plants under similar conditions. We have used tomato (Pusa Ruby) for generation of miR6024 overexpressing transgenics. Disease study on these plants were carried out with the necrotrophic fungus A. solani. We carried an RNA-seq analysis using Illumina hiseq sequencing of 5 RNA libraries created from leaf tissues of wild type, OVX6024 transgenics and A. solani infected wild type and OVX6024 plants. The analysis revealed that 334 and 781 genes were significantly regulated in the transgenic plants and the infected transgenic plants respectively, with respect to their suitable wild type controls. GO enrichment analysis and pathway analysis have been carried out as well. This work is supported by grants from DBT and SERB, GoI.
Project description:Rhizoctonia solani is a nectrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes billions of dollars of damage to agriculture worldwide and infects a broad host range including wheat, rice, potato and legumes. In this study we identify wheat genes that are differentially expressed in response to the R. solani isolate, AG8-1, using microarray technology. A significant number of wheat genes identified in this screen were involved in ROS production and redox regulation. Levels of ROS species were increased in wheat root tissue following R. solani infection as determined by NBT, DAB and titanium sulphate measurements/stainings. Pathogen/ROS related genes from R. solani were also tested for expression patterns upon wheat infection. TmpL, a R. solani gene homologous to a gene associated with ROS regulation in Alternaria brassicicola, and OAH, a R. solani gene homologous to oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase which has been shown to produce oxalic acid in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, were highly induced in R.solani when infecting wheat. We speculate that the wheat germin-like protein (GLP) is induced to inactivate the oxalic acid that is produced by the R. solani OAH.
Project description:Rhizoctonia solani is a nectrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes billions of dollars of damage to agriculture worldwide and infects a broad host range including wheat, rice, potato and legumes. In this study we identify wheat genes that are differentially expressed in response to the R. solani isolate, AG8-1, using microarray technology. A significant number of wheat genes identified in this screen were involved in ROS production and redox regulation. Levels of ROS species were increased in wheat root tissue following R. solani infection as determined by NBT, DAB and titanium sulphate measurements/stainings. Pathogen/ROS related genes from R. solani were also tested for expression patterns upon wheat infection. TmpL, a R. solani gene homologous to a gene associated with ROS regulation in Alternaria brassicicola, and OAH, a R. solani gene homologous to oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase which has been shown to produce oxalic acid in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, were highly induced in R.solani when infecting wheat. We speculate that the wheat germin-like protein (GLP) is induced to inactivate the oxalic acid that is produced by the R. solani OAH. infected vs mock-infected seedlings, 3 biological replicates
