Project description:The take-all disease caused by the soilborne fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var tritici (Ggt) is one of the most-studied and widespread root diseases worldwide. Here, we investigated the ability of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa to induce take-all disease tolerance in Triticum aestivum.
Project description:The take-all disease caused by the soilborne fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var tritici (Ggt) is one of the most-studied and widespread root diseases worldwide. Here, we investigated the ability of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa to induce take-all disease tolerance in Triticum aestivum. In a greenhouse experiment, plants were grown in a sandy soil. Plants were inoculated or not with Ggt and in the presence or absence of earthworms. There was 4 levels of treatment (plants only, inoculated with Ggt, inoculated with earthworms or inoculated with earthworms and Ggt), and 2-3 plants per treatments.
Project description:Single-cell mRNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technologies are reshaping the current cell-type classification system. In previous studies, we built the mouse cell atlas (MCA) and human cell landscape (HCL) to catalog all cell types by collecting scRNA-seq data. However, systematically study for zebrafish (Danio rerio), fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and earthworm (Eisenia andrei) are still lacking. Here, we construct the zebrafish, Drosophila and earthworm cell atlas with Microwell-seq protocols, which provides valuable resources for characterization of diverse cell populations of zebrafish, Drosophila and earthworm, and studying difference between vertebrates and Invertebrates at single cell level.
Project description:We reconstructed the Virulence Regulatory Network (VRN) of R. solanacearum strain GMI1000 by collecting bibliographical information based on genetic and genomic studies, including three transcriptomic studies. The reconstructed R. solanacearum VRN comprises 712 genes including 29 genes coding for transcription factors and 34 proteins involved in signal transduction. This VRN perceives 86 signals and controls the expression of 606 genes.
Project description:To understand molecular mechanisms of the chronic, sublethal toxicity of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), a widely used ordnance compound of public concerns, we constructed a microarray consisting of 4,032 cDNA isolated from the earthworm Eisenia fetida using the suppressive subtractive hybridization technique. Worms were exposed to a gradient of TNT-spiked soil for 28 days. Based on the reproduction response to TNT, four treatments, i.e., control, 7, 35 and 139 ppm, were selected for gene expression studies. Keywords: Sublethal toxicity of TNT (dose-response) to earthworm (Eisenia fetida)