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Expression of a bacterial effector, harpin N, causes increased resistance to fire blight in Pyrus communis
- Source :
- Tree Genetics and Genomes, Tree Genetics and Genomes, Springer Verlag, 2005, 1, pp.41-49
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The rapid and effective activation of disease resistance responses is essential for plant defense against pathogen attack. These responses are initiated when pathogen-derived molecules (elicitors) are recognized by the host. In order to create novel mechanisms for fire blight resistance in pear, we have generated transgenic pears expressing the elicitor harpin Nea from Erwinia amylovora under the control of the constitutive promoter CaMV35S. The transient expression of hrpN Ea in pear cells did not provoke any apparent damage. Therefore, stable constitutive expression of hrpN Ea was studied in seventeen transgenic clones of the very susceptible cultivar "Passe Crassane.” Most transgenic clones displayed significant reduction of susceptibility to fire blight in vitro when inoculated by E. amylovora, which was positively correlated to their degree of expression of the transgene hrpN Ea . These results indicate that ectopic expression of a bacterial elicitor such as harpin Nea is a promising way to improve pear resistance to fire blight
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Horticulture
Erwinia
Plant disease resistance
01 natural sciences
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
[SDV.SA.SF]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Silviculture, forestry
Botany
Genetics
Molecular Biology
0303 health sciences
PEAR
biology
030306 microbiology
Effector
food and beverages
Forestry
biology.organism_classification
RELATION BIOAGRESSEUR PLANTE
Elicitor
body regions
Fire blight
Ectopic expression
010606 plant biology & botany
Pyrus communis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16142942 and 16142950
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Tree Genetics and Genomes, Tree Genetics and Genomes, Springer Verlag, 2005, 1, pp.41-49
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....36d264a643ae8b2ee3c2903ca592824b