FocSge1 in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 is essential for full virulence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fusarium wilt disease of banana is one of the most devastating diseases and was responsible for destroying banana plantations in the late nineteenth century. Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense is the causative agent. Presently, both race 1 and 4 strains of Foc are creating havoc in the major banana-growing regions of the world. There is an urgent need to devise strategies to control this disease; that is possible only after a thorough understanding of the molecular basis of this disease.

Results

There are a few regulators of Foc pathogenicity which are triggered during this infection, among which Sge1 (Six Gene Expression 1) regulates the expression of effector genes. The protein sequence is conserved in both race 1 and 4 strains of Foc indicating that this gene is

SUBMITTER: Gurdaswani V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427899 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature