RNA-seq analyses of gene expression in the microsclerotia of Verticillium dahliae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The soilborne fungus, Verticillium dahliae, causes Verticillium wilt disease in plants. Verticillium wilt is difficult to control since V. dahliae is capable of persisting in the soil for 10 to 15 years as melanized microsclerotia, rendering crop rotation strategies for disease control ineffective. Microsclerotia of V. dahliae overwinter and germinate to produce infectious hyphae that give rise to primary infections. Consequently, microsclerotia formation, maintenance, and germination are critically important processes in the disease cycle of V. dahliae.

Results

To shed additional light on the molecular processes that contribute to microsclerotia biogenesis and melanin synthesis in V. dahliae, three replicate RNA-seq libraries were prepared from 10 day-old microsc

SUBMITTER: Duressa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3852263 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature