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Tripartite symbiosis formed by Pisum sativum, rhizobia and mycorrhiza: Implications for the symbionts, the host plant and the pathogenic fungi

ABSTRACT: Ascochyta blight causes severe losses in field pea production and the search for resistance traits towards the causal agent Didymella pinodes is of particular importance to farmers. Various microsymbionts are reported to shape the plants´ immune response. However, regardless their contribution to resistance, they are hardly included in experimental designs. In this project, the bi-directional effect of the symbionts´ (rhizobia, mycorrhiza) and the leaf proteome/metabolome of two field pea cultivars with varying resistance levels towards D. pinodes is delineated.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite

ORGANISM(S): Pisum Sativum (garden Pea)

TISSUE(S): Plant Cell, Leaf

SUBMITTER: Reinhard Turetschek

LAB HEAD: Stefanie Wienkoop

PROVIDER: PXD005861 | Pride | 2017-03-15

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Key metabolic traits of Pisum sativum maintain cell vitality during Didymella pinodes infection: cultivar resistance and the microsymbionts' influence.

Turetschek Reinhard R Desalegn Getinet G Epple Tamara T Kaul Hans-Peter HP Wienkoop Stefanie S

Journal of proteomics 20170306

Ascochyta blight causes severe losses in field pea production and the search for resistance traits towards the causal agent Didymella pinodes is of particular importance for farmers. Various microsymbionts have been reported to shape the plants' immune response. However, regardless their contribution to resistance, they are hardly included in experimental designs. We delineate the effect of symbionts (rhizobia, mycorrhiza) on the leaf proteome and metabolome of two field pea cultivars with varyi ...[more]

PMID: 28268116

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Tripartite symbiosis formed by Pisum sativum, rhizobia and mycorrhiza: Implications for the symbionts, the host plant and the pathogenic fungi

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Key metabolic traits of Pisum sativum maintain cell vitality during Didymella pinodes infection: cultivar resistance and the microsymbionts' influence.

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