Project description:We report the transcriptional response to Colorado potato beetle herbivory in leaves of the highly beetle resistant Solanum chacoense diploid line USDA8380-1 (80-) and a susceptible F2 individual (EE501F2_093) derived from a cross between 80-1 and a beetle susceptible line S. chacoense M6. Sampling tissue in a time course during adult Colorado potato beetle feeding provides novel insight to the transcriptomic defense response to this important pest.
Project description:In the present study molecular interactions between potato plants, Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larvae and Potato virus YNTN (PVYNTN) were investigated by analyzing gene expression in potato leaves. mRNA samples of secondary PVYNTN-infected (CPB_PVY) and healthy potato plants (CPB_H) cultivar Igor and of RNAi coi1-silenced (CPB_coi1) and non-transformed (CPB_NT) potato plants cultivar Desiree collected 24 h post CPB infestation and respective control non-infested samples (CONT_PVY, CONT_H, CONT_coi1, CONT_NT).
Project description:In the present study molecular interactions between potato plants, Colorado potato beetle (CPB) larvae and Potato virus YNTN (PVYNTN) were investigated by analyzing gene expression in potato leaves. Grant ID: J4-4165 Slovenian Research Agency ARRS Growth and defense trade-offs in multitrophic interaction between potato and its two major pests Grant ID: P4-0165 Slovenian Research Agency ARRS Biotechnology and Plant Systems Biology
Project description:Protein complexes of aegerolysins pleurotolysin A2 (PlyA2) and pleurotolysin B (PlyB) from oyster mushrooms Pleurotus sp. display targeted toxicity against Colorado potato beetle (CPB; Leptinotarsa decemlineata) larvae. This selective toxicity is achieved through aegerolysins' interaction with insect-specific membrane sphingolipids. This study explores the potential adaptive response of CPB larvae to the aegerolysin complex.
Project description:Potato leaves From Solanum tuberosum var. Kennebec will be wounded and oral secretions from 4th instar CPB will be isolated and added to the plants as described by Kruzmane et al (2002, Physiol. Plantarum 115:577-584). The leaf from the 6th node of the potato plant will be wounded or wounded and treated with oral secretions from CPB. Unwounded leaves from node 1-5 of the wounded and wounded plus oral secretions plants will be harvested as systemic material. The leaves will be harvested after 4 hrs and RNA will be isolated. 4 hrs was chosen because this represents a time when early and late induced genes should both be present. In addition, the leaf from the 6th node will be subjected to feeding by CPB that have been raised on potato leaves and starved for 16 hrs immediately prior to infestation. Insects will be allowed to feed for 1 hr and the leaves will be harvested after 3 additional hrs. An additional set of plants will be used to infest the leaf on the 6th node for 4 hrs. Leaves from the 6th node will be collected from uninfested plants after 4 hrs as a control. Three sets of 6-12 plants will be used for each sample. Keywords: Direct comparison
Project description:Nitrogen (N) fertilization is an important abiotic factor for the growth of potato (S. tuberosum) because of its potential effects on yield. Because excess N in the soil runs off into water systems and negatively impacts the environment, studies on N use by the plant are key to decrease N-fertilizer use. Three commercial potato cultivars (Shepody, Russet-Burbank and Atlantic) were grown under two different rates of applied N-fertilizer (0 kg N ha-1 and 180 kg N ha-1) to obtain more information on the underlying gene regulation mechanisms associated with N. Plants with no added N had significantly lower concentrations of petiole nitrates, chlorophyll level indices, biomass and yield per hectare. Total mRNA samples were taken at two different time-points during the growth season and used for sequencing. The results for each cultivar and time-point were analysed separately to find differentially expressed genes. In total, thirty genes were found to be over-expressed and nine genes were found to be under-expressed in plants from all potato cultivars when they were grown with added N-fertilizer. The 1000 bp upstream flanking regions of the differentially expressed genes were analysed to find overrepresented motifs using three motif discovery algorithms (Seeder, Weeder and MEME). Nine different motifs were found, indicating potential gene regulatory mechanisms for potato under N-deficiency.
2016-06-21 | GSE75926 | GEO
Project description:Microbial diversity in Colorado potato beetle
| PRJNA613266 | ENA
Project description:Pathophysiology of Colorado potato beetle gut
