Dissecting Phaseolus vulgaris innate immune system against Colletotrichum lindemuthianum infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Colletotrichum is one of the most economically important plant pathogens, causing anthracnose on a wide range of crops including common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Crop yield can be dramatically decreased depending on the plant cultivar used and the environmental conditions. This study aimed to identify potential genetic components of the bean immune system to provide environmentally friendly control measures against this fungus.

Methodology and principal findings

As the common bean is not amenable to reverse genetics to explore functionality and its genome is not fully curated, we used putative Arabidopsis orthologs of bean expressed sequence tag (EST) to perform bioinformatic analysis and experimental validation of gene expression to identify common

SUBMITTER: Oblessuc PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3422333 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature