Comparative transcriptome analysis of two Cercospora sojina strains reveals differences in virulence under nitrogen starvation stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cercospora sojina is a fungal pathogen that causes frogeye leaf spot in soybean-producing regions, leading to severe yield losses worldwide. It exhibits variations in virulence due to race differentiation between strains. However, the candidate virulence-related genes are unknown because the infection process is slow, making it difficult to collect transcriptome samples.

Results

In this study, virulence-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained from the highly virulent Race 15 strain and mildly virulent Race1 strain under nitrogen starvation stress, which mimics the physiology of the pathogen during infection. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was then used to find co-expressed gene modules and assess the relationship between g

SUBMITTER: Gu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7298872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature