The Transcriptomic Profile of Watermelon Is Affected by Zinc in the Presence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita.

ABSTRACT: Zinc (Zn) accumulation and deficiency affect plant response to pests and diseases differently in varying pathosystems. The concentrations of Zn in plants aid in priming defense signaling pathways and help in enhanced structural defenses against plant pathogens. Studies are lacking on how concentrations of Zn in watermelon plants influence defense against two important soil-borne pathogens: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (FON) and southern root-knot nematode (RKN, Meloidogyne incognita). In this study a comparative transcriptomics evaluation of watermelon plants in response to high (1.2 ppm) and low (0.2 ppm) levels of Zn were determined. Differential transcript-level responses differed in watermelon plants when infected with FON or RKN or both under high- and low-Zn treatment regimes in

SUBMITTER: Karki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8308719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature