Verticillium wilt resistant and susceptible olive cultivars express a very different basal set of genes in roots.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Olive orchards are threatened by a wide range of pathogens. Of these, Verticillium dahliae has been in the spotlight for its high incidence, the difficulty to control it and the few cultivars that has increased tolerance to the pathogen. Disease resistance not only depends on detection of pathogen invasion and induction of responses by the plant, but also on barriers to avoid the invasion and active resistance mechanisms constitutively expressed in the absence of the pathogen. In a previous work we found that two healthy non-infected plants from cultivars that differ in V. dahliae resistance such as 'Frantoio' (resistant) and 'Picual' (susceptible) had a different root morphology and gene expression pattern. In this work, we have addressed the issue of basal differences

SUBMITTER: Ramirez-Tejero JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017696 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature