Identification and functional characterisation of late blight resistance polymorphic genes in Russet Burbank potato cultivar

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjan Hegde ◽  
Dadakhalandar Doddamani ◽  
Ajjamada C. Kushalappa
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Potato Cultivar ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Russet Burbank ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Functional Characterisation

In plants, the biosynthesis of the phenylpropanoid, flavonoid and fatty acid pathway monomers, polymers and conjugated metabolites play a vital role in disease resistance. These are generally deposited to reinforce cell walls to contain the pathogen to the site of infection. Identification of sequence variants in genes that biosynthesise these resistance metabolites can explain the mechanisms of disease resistance. The resistant and susceptible genotypes inoculated with Phytophthora infestans were RNA sequenced to identify the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertion/deletion (InDel) variations. The SNPs/InDels were annotated and classified into different categories based on their effect on gene functions. In the selected 25 biosynthetic genes overlapping 39 transcripts, a total of 52 SNPs/InDels were identified in the protein-coding (CDS) regions. These were categorised as deleterious based on prediction of their effects on protein structure and function. The SNPs/InDels data obtained in this study can be used in genome editing to enhance late blight resistance in Russet Burbank and other potato cultivars.

Transcriptome analysis of scions grafted to potato rootstock for improving late blight resistance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuexin Li ◽  
Degang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Protein Kinases ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Potato Late Blight ◽  
Susceptible Variety ◽  
Resistant Variety ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Expression Levels

Abstract Background: Late blight seriously threatens potato cultivation worldwide. The severe and widespread damage caused by the fungal pathogen can lead to drastic decreases in potato yield. Although grafting technology has been widely used to improve crop resistance, the effects of grafting on potato late blight resistance as well as the associated molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, we performed RNA transcriptome sequencing analysis and the late blight resistance testing of the scion when the potato late blight-resistant variety Qingshu 9 and the susceptible variety Favorita were used as the rootstock and scion, respectively, and vice versa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the rootstock on scion disease resistance and to clarify the related molecular mechanisms.Results: A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analysis revealed that the expression levels of genes related to plant–pathogen interactions, plant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, and plant hormone signal transduction pathways were significantly up-regulated in the scion when Qingshu 9 was used as the rootstock. These genes included late blight response genes encoding calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), chitin elicitor receptor kinases (CERKs), LRR receptor serine/threonine protein kinases (LRR-LRKs), NPR family proteins in the salicylic acid synthesis pathway, and MAPKs. When Favorita was used as the rootstock, the expression levels of the late blight response genes were not up-regulated in the Qingshu 9 scion, but the expression levels of the genes related to proline metabolism, fatty acid chain elongation, and diterpenoid biosynthesis pathways were down-regulated. Resistance results showed that self-grafting of the susceptible variety and grafting with the resistant variety as the rootstock increased the resistance of the susceptible scion to late blight. However, the resistance was stronger after grafting with the resistant variety as the rootstock. Using the susceptible variety as the rootstock decreased the late blight resistance of the resistant scion.Conclusions: Our results showed that changes to the expression of disease resistance genes in the scion after grafting are associated with late blight resistance. The results provide the basis for exploring the molecular mechanism underlying the effects of rootstocks on scion disease resistance.

scholarly journals Higher Copy Numbers of the Potato RB Transgene Correspond to Enhanced Transcript and Late Blight Resistance Levels

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Bradeen ◽  
Massimo Iorizzo ◽  
Dimitre S. Mollov ◽  
John Raasch ◽  
Lara Colton Kramer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Rna Silencing ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Transcript Levels ◽  
Cultivated Potato ◽  
Copy Numbers

Late blight of potato ranks among the costliest of crop diseases worldwide. Host resistance offers the best means for controlling late blight, but previously deployed single resistance genes have been short-lived in their effectiveness. The foliar blight resistance gene RB, previously cloned from the wild potato Solanum bulbocastanum, has proven effective in greenhouse tests of transgenic cultivated potato. In this study, we examined the effects of the RB transgene on foliar late blight resistance in transgenic cultivated potato under field production conditions. In a two-year replicated trial, the RB transgene, under the control of its endogenous promoter, provided effective disease resistance in various genetic backgrounds, including commercially prominent potato cultivars, without fungicides. RB copy numbers and transcript levels were estimated with transgene-specific assays. Disease resistance was enhanced as copy numbers and transcript levels increased. The RB gene, like many other disease resistance genes, is constitutively transcribed at low levels. Transgenic potato lines with an estimated 15 copies of the RB transgene maintain high RB transcript levels and were ranked among the most resistant of 57 lines tested. We conclude that even in these ultra–high copy number lines, innate RNA silencing mechanisms have not been fully activated. Our findings suggest resistance-gene transcript levels may have to surpass a threshold before triggering RNA silencing. Strategies for the deployment of RB are discussed in light of the current research.

scholarly journals A locus conferring effective late blight resistance in potato cultivar Sárpo Mira maps to chromosome XI

2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iga Tomczyńska ◽  
Emil Stefańczyk ◽  
Marcin Chmielarz ◽  
Beata Karasiewicz ◽  
Piotr Kamiński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Blight ◽  
Potato Cultivar ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Sarpo Mira

New Findings on the Resistance Mechanism of an Elite Diploid Wild Potato Species JAM1-4 in Response to a Super Race Strain of Phytophthora infestans

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (8) ◽  
pp. 1375-1387
Author(s):  
Jiayi Zheng ◽  
Shaoguang Duan ◽  
Miles R. Armstrong ◽  
Yanfeng Duan ◽  
Jianfei Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Phytophthora Infestans ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Resistance Mechanism ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Resistance Response ◽  
Potato Disease ◽  
New Findings

Late blight is a devastating potato disease worldwide, caused by Phytophthora infestans. The P. infestans strain 2013-18-306 from Yunnan is a “supervirulent race” that overcomes all 11 known late blight resistance genes (R1 to R11) from Solanum demissum. In a previous study, we identified a diploid wild-type potato JAM1-4 (S. jamesii) with high resistance to 2013-18-306. dRenSeq analysis indicated the presence of novel R genes in JAM1-4. RNA-Seq was used to analyze the late blight resistance response genes and defense regulatory mechanisms of JAM1-4 against 2013-18-306. Gene ontology enrichment and KEGG pathway analysis showed that many disease-resistant pathways were significantly enriched. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) revealed an active disease resistance mechanism of JAM1-4, and the essential role of multiple signal transduction pathways and secondary metabolic pathways comprised of SA-JA-ET in plant immunity. We also found that photosynthesis in JAM1-4 was inhibited to promote the immune response. Our study reveals the pattern of resistance-related gene expression in response to a super race strain of potato late blight and provides a theoretical basis for further exploration of potato disease resistance mechanisms, discovery of new late blight resistance genes, and disease resistance breeding.

Two Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Thaumatin-like Protein Genes Confer Enhanced Resistance to Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishan Zhu ◽  
Minghua Deng ◽  
Zhengan Yang ◽  
Lianzhen Mao ◽  
Shurui Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Phytophthora Infestans ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Single Gene ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Inbred Lines ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
Tomato Production

Late blight (caused by Phytophthora infestans) poses a serious threat to tomato production, but the number of late blight resistance genes isolated from tomato is limited, making resistance gene mining a high research priority. In this study, highly resistant CLN2037E and susceptible No.5 tomato inbred lines were used to identify late blight resistance genes. Using transcriptome sequencing, we discovered 36 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including 21 nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) and 15 pathogenesis-related (PR) disease resistance genes. Cluster analysis and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) showed that these 36 genes possessed similar expression patterns in different inbred lines after inoculation with P. infestans. Moreover, two PR genes with unique responses were chosen to verify their functions when exposed to P. infestans: Solyc08g080660 and Solyc08g080670, both of which were thaumatin-like protein (TLP) genes and were clustered in the tomato genome. Functions of these two genes were identified by gene overexpression and gene editing technology. Overexpression and knockout of single Solyc08g080660 and Solyc08g080670 corresponded to an increase and decrease in resistance to late blight, respectively, and Solyc08g080660 led to a greater change in disease resistance compared with Solyc08g080670. Co-transformation of dual genes resulted in a much greater effect than any single gene. This study provides novel candidate resistance genes for tomato breeding against late blight and insights into the interaction mechanisms between tomato and P. infestans.

scholarly journals Transcriptome analysis of scions grafted to potato rootstock for improving late blight resistance

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuexin Li ◽  
Degang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Disease Resistance ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Protein Kinases ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Potato Late Blight ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Susceptible Variety ◽  
Resistant Variety ◽  
Blight Resistance

Abstract Background Late blight seriously threatens potato cultivation worldwide. The severe and widespread damage caused by the fungal pathogen can lead to drastic decreases in potato yield. Although grafting technology has been widely used to improve crop resistance, the effects of grafting on potato late blight resistance as well as the associated molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Therefore, we performed RNA transcriptome sequencing analysis and the late blight resistance testing of the scion when the potato late blight-resistant variety Qingshu 9 and the susceptible variety Favorita were used as the rootstock and scion, respectively, and vice versa. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the rootstock on scion disease resistance and to clarify the related molecular mechanisms. Results A Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analysis revealed that the expression levels of genes related to plant–pathogen interactions, plant mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, and plant hormone signal transduction pathways were significantly up-regulated in the scion when Qingshu 9 was used as the rootstock. Some of these genes encoded calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), chitin elicitor receptor kinases (CERKs), LRR receptor serine/threonine protein kinases (LRR-LRKs), NPR family proteins in the salicylic acid synthesis pathway, and MAPKs which were potato late blight response proteins. When Favorita was used as the rootstock, only a few genes of late blight response genes were upregulated in the scion of Qingshu 9. Grafted plants using resistant variety as rootstocks inoculated with P. infestans spores showed significant reductions in lesion size while no significant difference in lesion size was observed when susceptible variety was used as the rootstock. We also showed that this induction of disease resistance in scions, especially scions derived from susceptible potato varieties was mediated by the up-regulation of expression of genes involved in plant disease resistance in scions. Conclusions Our results showed that potato grafting using late blight resistant varieties as rootstocks could render or enhance resistance to late blight in scions derived from susceptible varieties via up-regulating the expression of disease resistant genes in scions. The results provide the basis for exploring the molecular mechanism underlying the effects of rootstocks on scion disease resistance.

scholarly journals Mutations introduced in susceptibility genes through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing confer increased late blight resistance in potatoes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nam Phuong Kieu ◽  
Marit Lenman ◽  
Eu Sheng Wang ◽  
Bent Larsen Petersen ◽  
Erik Andreasson
Keyword(s):  
Late Blight ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Susceptibility Genes ◽  
Blight Resistance ◽  
R Genes ◽  
Guide Rnas ◽  
Knockout Mutants ◽  
Growth Phenotype ◽  
Allelic Deletion ◽  
S Genes

AbstractThe use of pathogen-resistant cultivars is expected to increase yield and decrease fungicide use in agriculture. However, in potato breeding, increased resistance obtained via resistance genes (R-genes) is hampered because R-gene(s) are often specific for a pathogen race and can be quickly overcome by the evolution of the pathogen. In parallel, susceptibility genes (S-genes) are important for pathogenesis, and loss of S-gene function confers increased resistance in several plants, such as rice, wheat, citrus and tomatoes. In this article, we present the mutation and screening of seven putative S-genes in potatoes, including two DMR6 potato homologues. Using a CRISPR/Cas9 system, which conferred co-expression of two guide RNAs, tetra-allelic deletion mutants were generated and resistance against late blight was assayed in the plants. Functional knockouts of StDND1, StCHL1, and DMG400000582 (StDMR6-1) generated potatoes with increased resistance against late blight. Plants mutated in StDND1 showed pleiotropic effects, whereas StDMR6-1 and StCHL1 mutated plants did not exhibit any growth phenotype, making them good candidates for further agricultural studies. Additionally, we showed that DMG401026923 (here denoted StDMR6-2) knockout mutants did not demonstrate any increased late blight resistance, but exhibited a growth phenotype, indicating that StDMR6-1 and StDMR6-2 have different functions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the mutation and screening of putative S-genes in potatoes, including two DMR6 potato homologues.

Development of the gene-based SCARs for the Ph-3 locus, which confers late blight resistance in tomato

2013 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younghoon Park ◽  
Jihyun Hwang ◽  
Kwanghwan Kim ◽  
Jumsoon Kang ◽  
Byungsup Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Blight ◽  
Late Blight Resistance ◽  
Blight Resistance
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