Kanchan B M Singh1,2, Pawan Jayaswal3, Shivani Chandra2, Jayanthi M4, Pranab Kumar Mandal5. 1. Division of Nematology, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 110012, New Delhi, India. 2. Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, 201313, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. 3. National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, 110012, Pusa, New Delhi, India. 4. Division of Nematology, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 110012, New Delhi, India. d24551@gmail.com. 5. National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, 110012, Pusa, New Delhi, India. Pranabkumarmandal@gmail.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The root-knot nematode (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.) is the most destructive plant parasitic nematode known to date. RKN infections, especially those caused by Meloidogyne incognita, are one of the most serious diseases of tuberose. METHODS AND RESULTS: To investigate the molecular mechanism in the host-pathogen interactions, the Illumina sequencing platform was employed to generate comparative transcriptome profiles of uninfected and Meloidogyne incognita-infected tuberose plants, during early, mid, and late infection stage. A total of 7.5 GB (49 million reads) and 9.3 GB (61 million reads) of high-quality data was generated for the control and infected samples, respectively. These reads were combined and assembled using the Trinity assembly program which clustered them into 1,25,060 unigenes. A total of 85,360 validated CDS were obtained from the combined transcriptome whereas 6,795 CDS and 7,778 CDS were found in the data for the control and infected samples, respectively. Gene ontology terms were assigned to 958 and 1,310 CDSs from the control and infected data, respectively. The KAAS pathway analysis revealed that 1,248 CDS in the control sample and 1,482 CDS in the infected sample were enriched with KEGG pathways. The major proportions of CDS were annotated for carbohydrate metabolism, signal transduction and translation related pathways in control and infected samples. Of the 8,289 CDS commonly expressed between the control and infected plants, 256 were significantly upregulated and 129 were significantly downregulated in the infected plants. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, our results provide a comprehensive gene expression changes in tuberose during its association with RKNs and point to candidate genes that are involved in nematode stress signaling for further investigation. This is the first report addressing genes associated with M. incognita-tuberose interaction and the results have important implications for further characterization of RKN resistance genes in tuberose.
BACKGROUND: The root-knot nematode (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.) is the most destructive plant parasitic nematode known to date. RKN infections, especially those caused by Meloidogyne incognita, are one of the most serious diseases of tuberose. METHODS AND RESULTS: To investigate the molecular mechanism in the host-pathogen interactions, the Illumina sequencing platform was employed to generate comparative transcriptome profiles of uninfected and Meloidogyne incognita-infected tuberose plants, during early, mid, and late infection stage. A total of 7.5 GB (49 million reads) and 9.3 GB (61 million reads) of high-quality data was generated for the control and infected samples, respectively. These reads were combined and assembled using the Trinity assembly program which clustered them into 1,25,060 unigenes. A total of 85,360 validated CDS were obtained from the combined transcriptome whereas 6,795 CDS and 7,778 CDS were found in the data for the control and infected samples, respectively. Gene ontology terms were assigned to 958 and 1,310 CDSs from the control and infected data, respectively. The KAAS pathway analysis revealed that 1,248 CDS in the control sample and 1,482 CDS in the infected sample were enriched with KEGG pathways. The major proportions of CDS were annotated for carbohydrate metabolism, signal transduction and translation related pathways in control and infected samples. Of the 8,289 CDS commonly expressed between the control and infected plants, 256 were significantly upregulated and 129 were significantly downregulated in the infected plants. CONCLUSIONS: Collectively, our results provide a comprehensive gene expression changes in tuberose during its association with RKNs and point to candidate genes that are involved in nematode stress signaling for further investigation. This is the first report addressing genes associated with M. incognita-tuberose interaction and the results have important implications for further characterization of RKN resistance genes in tuberose.
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