Project description:This study investigates the multifaceted defense mechanisms of plants in response to beneficial fungi Trichoderma atroviride. The researchers focus on a small RNA, Ta_sRNA1, produced by T. atroviride during its interaction with Arabidopsis thaliana.
Project description:Trichoderma atroviride is a fungus capable of establishing symbiotic relationships with plants, however, its main lifestyle is a saprophyte. Due to these characteristics, it must face a great quantity of microorganisms, and be able to compete for nutrients. T. atroviride is considered a necrotrophic mycoparasite and has developed the ability to kill other organisms and obtain nutrients from them. The object of this work is to explore the role of small RNAs in mycoparasitism. To this end, we obtained small RNA-Seq libraries from the interactions of T. atroviride against Alternaria alternata. The libraries were obtained from three stages during mycoparasitsm: before contact (BC), contact (C), and after contact (AC).
Project description:Trichoderma atroviride is a fungus capable of establishing symbiotic relationships with plants, however, its main lifestyle is a saprophyte. Due to these characteristics, it must face a great quantity of microorganisms, and be able to compete for nutrients. T. atroviride is considered a necrotrophic mycoparasite and has developed the ability to kill other organisms and obtain nutrients from them. The object of this work is to explore the role of small RNAs in mycoparasitism. To this end, we obtained RNA-Seq libraries from the interactions of T. atroviride against Alternaria alternata and Rhizoctonia solani. The transcriptomes were obtained from three stages during mycoparasitsm: before contact (BC), contact (C), and after contact (AC).
