Unravelling ecophysiological and molecular adjustments in the photosynthesis-respiration balance during Fusarium graminearum infection in wheat spikes.

ABSTRACT: Wheat responses to F. graminearum result in a deep and sharp reprogramming of a wide range of biological processes, including energy-associated functions and related metabolisms. Although these impacts have been thoroughly described at the molecular scale through proteomics and transcriptomics studies, phenotypic studies are still needed to fill the gap between the observed molecular events and the actual impacts of the disease on the ecophysiological processes. Taking advantage of the gas exchange method, the effects of two F. graminearum strains of contrasting aggressiveness on spike's photosynthesis and respiration-associated processes during an early infection time course were deeply characterized. Besides, an RNAseq-based expression profiling of the genes involved in the photosynthesi

SUBMITTER: Rocher F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911717 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature