Molecular insights into the compatible and incompatible interactions between sugar beet and the beet cyst nematode.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) is an economically important crop that provides nearly one third of the global sugar production. The beet cyst nematode (BCN), Heterodera schachtii, causes major yield losses in sugar beet and other crops worldwide. The most effective and economic approach to control this nematode is growing tolerant or resistant cultivars. To identify candidate genes involved in susceptibility and resistance, the transcriptome of sugar beet and BCN in compatible and incompatible interactions at two time points was studied using mRNA-seq.

Results

In the susceptible cultivar, most defense-related genes were induced at 4 dai while suppressed at 10 dai but in the resistant cultivar Nemakill, induction of genes involved in the plant defense r

SUBMITTER: Ghaemi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature