Dynamics of Fusarium Mycotoxins and Lytic Enzymes during Pea Plants' Infection.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium species are common plant pathogens that cause several important diseases. They produce a wide range of secondary metabolites, among which mycotoxins and extracellular cell wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs) contribute to weakening and invading the host plant successfully. Two species of Fusarium isolated from peas were monitored for their expression profile of three cell wall-degrading enzyme coding genes upon culturing with extracts from resistant (Sokolik) and susceptible (Santana) pea cultivars. The extracts from Santana induced a sudden increase in the gene expression, whereas Sokolik elicited a reduced expression. The coherent observation was that the biochemical profile of the host plant plays a major role in regulating the fungal gene expression. In order to uncover the fungal

SUBMITTER: Perincherry L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8467997 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature