Beauty and the pathogens: A leaf-less control presents a better image of Cymbidium orchids defense strategy.

ABSTRACT: Biological control is a safe way of combating plant diseases using the living organisms. For the precise use of microbial biological control agents, the genetic information on the hypersensitive response (HR), and defense-related gene induction pathways of plants are necessary. Orchids are the most prominent stakeholders of floriculture industry, and owing to their long-awaited flowering pattern, disease control is imperative to allow healthy vegetative growth that spans more than 2 years in most of the orchids. We observed leaf-less flowering in three orchid species (Cymbidium ensifolium, C. goeringii and C. sinense). Using these materials as reference, we performed transcriptome profiling for healthy leaves from non-infected plants to identify genes specifically invo

SUBMITTER: Ahmad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9513425 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature