Transcriptomic profiling of susceptible and resistant flax seedlings after Fusarium oxysporum lini infection

PLoS One. 2021 Jan 26;16(1):e0246052. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246052. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

In this study transcriptome was analyzed on two fibrous varieties of flax: the susceptible Regina and the resistant Nike. The experiment was carried out on 2-week-old seedlings, because in this phase of development flax is the most susceptible to infection. We analyzed the whole seedlings, which allowed us to recognize the systemic response of the plants to the infection. We decided to analyze two time points: 24h and 48h, because our goal was to learn the mechanisms activated in the initial stages of infection, these points were selected based on the previous analysis of chitinase gene expression, whose increase in time of Fusarium oxysporum lini infection has been repeatedly confirmed both in the case of flax and other plant species. The results show that although qualitatively the responses of the two varieties are similar, it is the degree of the response that plays the role in the differences of their resistance to F. oxysporum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Disease Resistance / genetics
  • Flax / genetics*
  • Flax / microbiology
  • Fusarium / isolation & purification*
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Mycoses / genetics*
  • Mycoses / metabolism
  • Plant Diseases / genetics
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*
  • Seedlings / genetics*
  • Seedlings / metabolism
  • Seedlings / microbiology
  • Transcriptome*

Supplementary concepts

  • Fusarium oxysporum

Grants and funding

AK 2014/15/B/NZ9/00470 National Science Centre 2018/29/B/NZ9/00288 National Science Centre https://www.ncn.gov.pl The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.