biostudies-literatureUnknown21(1)Chaudhary A<i>Cicer arietinum</i>, a nutritionally rich legume and a key Rabi crop, is severely impacted by vascular wilt caused by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>ciceris</i>, leading to substantial yield loss. To understand molecular reprogramming, a transcriptomic dataset of chickpea seedling roots exposed to fungal infection at 7 and 12 d post-inoculation (dpi) was analyzed. The comparison was made between the control and stressed at 7 and 12 dpi (C_7 vs S_7 and C_12 vs S_12) to be compared against stressed at 7 vs 12 dpi (S_7 vs S_12). The analyses included differentially expressed gene (DEGs) patterns, protein interaction networks, hub genes, carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), resistance genes (R-genes), and transcription factor (TF) identifications at two different time points. It revePlant signaling & behavior2631915https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12928610biostudies-literatureComputational studies deciphered the role of key genes and associated networks regulating the defense mechanism in chickpea under &lt;i&gt;Fusarium oxysporum&lt;/i&gt; f. sp. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;ciceris&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; induced wilt condition.PMC12928610Arunachalam ALakshmi PTVChaudhary AfalseComputational studies deciphered the role of key genes and associated networks regulating the defense mechanism in chickpea under &lt;i&gt;Fusarium oxysporum&lt;/i&gt; f. sp. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;ciceris&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; induced wilt condition.<i>Cicer arietinum</i>, a nutritionally rich legume and a key Rabi crop, is severely impacted by vascular wilt caused by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>ciceris</i>, leading to substantial yield loss. To understand molecular reprogramming, a transcriptomic dataset of chickpea seedling roots exposed to fungal infection at 7 and 12 d post-inoculation (dpi) was analyzed. The comparison was made between the control and stressed at 7 and 12 dpi (C_7 vs S_7 and C_12 vs S_12) to be compared against stressed at 7 vs 12 dpi (S_7 vs S_12). The analyses included differentially expressed gene (DEGs) patterns, protein interaction networks, hub genes, carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), resistance genes (R-genes), and transcription factor (TF) identifications at two different time points. It reve2026-01-01T00:00:00Z2026 Dec2026-07-16T17:48:07.764Z2026-07-09T11:09:54.555ZS-EPMC129286104170562010.1080/15592324.2026.2631915