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Shen L, Yang S, Zhao E, Xia X, Yang X. StoMYB41 positively regulates the Solanum torvum response to Verticillium dahliae in an ABA dependent manner. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 263:130072. [PMID: 38346615 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024]
Abstract
MYB transcription factor despite their solid involvement in growth are potent regulator of plant stress response. Herein, we identified a MYB gene named as StoMYB41 in a wild eggplant species Solanum torvum. The expression level of StoMYB41 was higher in root than the tissues including stem, leaf, and seed. It induced significantly by Verticillium dahliae inoculation. StoMYB41 was localized in the nucleus and exhibited transcriptional activation activity. Silencing of StoMYB41 enhanced susceptibility of Solanum torvum against Verticillium dahliae, accompanied by higher disease index. The significant down-regulation of resistance marker gene StoABR1 comparing to the control plants was recorded in the silenced plants. Moreover, transient expression of StoMYB41 could trigger intense hypersensitive reaction mimic cell death, darker DAB and trypan blue staining, higher ion leakage, and induced the expression levels of StoABR1 and NbDEF1 in the leaves of Solanum torvum and Nicotiana benthamiana. Taken together, our data indicate that StoMYB41 acts as a positive regulator in Solanum torvum against Verticillium wilt.
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- Lei Shen
- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
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Ali M, Ahmad H, Hayat S, Ghani MI, Amin B, Atif MJ, Wali K, Cheng Z. Application of garlic allelochemicals improves growth and induces defense responses in eggplant (Solanum melongena) against Verticillium dahliae. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 215:112132. [PMID: 33743403 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Aqueous garlic extracts (AGE) and garlic allelochemical diallyl disulfide (DADS) have been recently reported to bear bioactive properties to stimulate plant growth and development and alter defense-related physiology. We, therefore, performed a bioassay to study these chemicals as possible biostimulants for defense against Verticillium dahliae in eggplant seedlings. AGE and DADS were applied as a foliar application to the eggplants and samples were collected before and after pathogen inoculation at various intervals to analyze the defense mechanism. The obtained data revealed that with the application of AGE and DADS, the seedlings showed responses including activation of antioxidant enzymes, an abundance of chlorophyll contents, alteration of photosynthesis system, and accumulation of plant hormones compared to the control plants. Furthermore, the microscopic analysis of the AGE or DADS treated plants showed high variability in pathogen density within the root crown at 28 days post-inoculation. The low abundance of reactive oxygen species was noticed in AGE or DADS treated plants, which indicates that the plants were able to successfully encounter pathogen attacks. The AGE and DADS treated plants exhibited a lower disease severity index (32.4% and 24.8% vs 87.1% in controls), indicating successful defense against Verticillium infection. Our results were therefore among the first to address the biostimulatory effects of AGE or DADS to induce resistance in eggplant seedlings against V. dahliae and may be used to establish preparation for garlic-derived bioactive compounds to improve growth and defense responses of eggplants under-protected horticultural situations such as glasshouse or plastic tunnels system.
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- Muhammad Ali
- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Liu SY, Chen JY, Wang JL, Li L, Xiao HL, Adam SM, Dai XF. Molecular characterization and functional analysis of a specific secreted protein from highly virulent defoliating Verticillium dahliae. Gene 2013; 529:307-16. [PMID: 23891822 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 06/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes wilt diseases in hundreds of dicotyledonous plant species. Previous research has demonstrated that the secretome plays an important role in the pathogenicity of V. dahliae. In this study, the specific secreted protein gene (VdSSP1) in highly virulent defoliating V. dahliae strain VDG1 was cloned, and considered to be a secreted protein by signal peptide activity assay. VdSSP1 deletion mutants in VDG1 significantly compromised virulence, and the fungal growth decreased in media with pectin and starch as carbon sources. Pathogenicity and carbon utilization were restored upon complementation of the VdSSP1 deletion strains or low virulence non-defoliating strain VDG2, which lacks VdSSP1. It is indicated that the virulence role of VdSSP1 is associated with plant cell wall degradation. In conclusion, our data suggested that VdSSP1 is a secreted protein that is engaged in the pathogenicity of the highly virulent defoliating V. dahliae.
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- Shao-Yan Liu
- Institute of Agro-Products Processing Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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