1. Differential expression of 12 NBS-encoding genes in two apple cultivars in response to Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali infection
- Author
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Qunkang Cheng, Kaihui Huang, Xiaoxuan Hu, Yan Zhong, Sanhong Wang, and Zong-Ming Cheng
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0301 basic medicine ,biology ,Inoculation ,Plant Science ,Horticulture ,biology.organism_classification ,Alternaria ,Alternaria alternata ,Microbiology ,Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Gene expression ,Cultivar ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Pathogen ,Gene - Abstract
Alternaria blotch, caused by Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali, is a destructive defoliating disease that affects apple worldwide, especially in Asia. Despite previous efforts in characterizing this disease, few have reported on nucleotide binding sites (NBS)-encoding genes in response to pathogen infection. In this study, we characterized the morphological and gene expression response of ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Starking’ apples challenged by A. alternata. Inoculation of detached leaves of ‘Golden Delicious’ resulted in a rapid initiation of disease symptoms but a slow spread of the infection from the point of inoculation. In contrast, detached leaves of ‘Starking’ exhibited a delayed visibility of infection but a rapid spread of the infection once it was established. Based upon quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction data, we characterized the expression of 12 NBS-encoding genes in response to infection by A. alternata. We further characterized the structure, chromosomal location, and...
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- 2017