Responses of Zea mays root tissue to inoculation with the necrotrophic root pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi

ABSTRACT: 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. Each experimental repeat consisted of 60 Z. mays seedlings in total: 15 control and 15 inoculated plants per timepoint. Root tissue was harvested and snap frozen in

ORGANISM(S): Zea mays

SUBMITTER: Jane Allardyce 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-27626 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress