Transcriptome analysis of wheat spikes in response to Tilletia controversa Kuhn which cause wheat dwarf bunt.

ABSTRACT: Wheat dwarf bunt is caused by Tilletia controversa Kühn, which is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat worldwide. To explore the interaction of T. controversa and wheat, we analysed the transcriptome profile of spikes of the susceptible wheat cultivar Dongxuan 3, which was subjected to a T. controversa infection and a mock infection. The results obtained from a differential expression analysis of T. controversa-infected plants compared with mock-infected ones showed that 10,867 out of 21,354 genes were upregulated, while 10,487 genes were downregulated, and these genes were enriched in 205 different pathways. Our findings demonstrated that the genes associated with defence against diseases, such as PR-related genes, WRKY transcription factors and mitogen-activated protein kinase g

SUBMITTER: Ren Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature