Global Gene Responses of Resistant and Susceptible Sugarcane Cultivars to Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae Identified Using Comparative Transcriptome Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Red stripe disease in sugarcane caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae (Aaa) is related to serious global losses in yield. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms associated with responses of sugarcane plants to infection by this pathogen remain largely unknown. Here, we used Illumina RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to perform large-scale transcriptome sequencing of two sugarcane cultivars to contrast gene expression patterns of plants between Aaa and mock inoculations, and identify key genes and pathways involved in sugarcane defense responses to Aaa infection. At 0-72 hours post-inoculation (hpi) of the red stripe disease-resistant cultivar ROC22, a total of 18,689 genes were differentially expressed between Aaa-inoculated and mock-inoculated sa

SUBMITTER: Chu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022508 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature