Title
Expression of RXLR effectors in the EC-1 clonal lineage of Phytophthora infestans in Peru
Other title
Expresión de efectores RXLR en el linaje clonal EC-1 de Phytophthora infestans en Perú
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Fac. Of Biological Sci.
Abstract
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is nowadays one of the most important food crops. It is prone to the disease known Late blight caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans, which secrete a hundreds of effectors that act as virulence factors. Little is known of the diversity of virulence genes of the strains that belong to a clonally reproducing lineage EC-1. In this paper, through the transcriptome sequencing of potato and P. infestans interaction, we identifed differentially expressed RXLR type effector genes in two P. infestans isolates EC-1, being confrmed by qRT-PCR. The isolates, originate from cultivated potato in the central Peruvian Andes, have different virulence patterns. Effector genes, were silenced in one isolate, such as Avr-vnt1 in POX 109 and for Avh9.1 homolog in POX 067, but expressed in the other. The transcriptomics results were compared with three additional isolates from the EC-1 lineage. The information on the pathogen effector repertoire and its expression should be informative for resistance breeding. Discovery of silenced effectors in the pathogen populations can guide the use of specifc R genes in the breeding programs. For example in the Andean setting where EC-1 lineage dominates the Rpi-vnt1 would not be recommended.
Start page
293
End page
299
Volume
23
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
IngenierÃa eléctrica, IngenierÃa electrónica
FÃsica atómica, molecular y quÃmica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85007377187
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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