Brachypodium distachyon: a new pathosystem to study Fusarium head blight and other Fusarium diseases of wheat.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fusarium species cause Fusarium head blight (FHB) and other important diseases of cereals. The causal agents produce trichothecene mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON). The dicotyledonous model species Arabidopsis thaliana has been used to study Fusarium-host interactions but it is not ideal for model-to-crop translation. Brachypodium distachyon (Bd) has been proposed as a new monocotyledonous model species for functional genomic studies in grass species. This study aims to assess the interaction between the most prevalent FHB-causing Fusarium species and Bd in order to develop and exploit Bd as a genetic model for FHB and other Fusarium diseases of wheat.

Results

The ability of Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum to infect a range of Bd tissues was exam

SUBMITTER: Peraldi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3123626 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature