This document discusses the topic of pathogenomics in plant pathology. It begins with an introduction to key terms and techniques used in pathogenomics such as marker genes, effectors, and high throughput gene sequencing. It then discusses the role of effectors in pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. It provides examples of pathogenomic studies on various pathogens such as Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (wheat rust) and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (cassava bacterial blight). It discusses how pathogenomics can help develop diagnostic tools, provide durable resistance to plants, and uncover plant processes through analysis of pathogen genomes and effectors.
Within the last twenty years, molecular biology has revolutionized conventional breeding techniques in all areas. Biochemical and Molecular techniques have shortened the duration of breeding programs from years to months, weeks, or eliminated the need for them all together. The use of molecular markers in conventional breeding techniques has also improved the accuracy of crosses and allowed breeders to produce strains with combined traits that were impossible before the advent of DNA technology
Genotyping by Sequencing is a robust,fast and cheap approach for high throughput marker discovery.It has applications in crop improvement programs by enhancing identification of superior genotypes.
Within the last twenty years, molecular biology has revolutionized conventional breeding techniques in all areas. Biochemical and Molecular techniques have shortened the duration of breeding programs from years to months, weeks, or eliminated the need for them all together. The use of molecular markers in conventional breeding techniques has also improved the accuracy of crosses and allowed breeders to produce strains with combined traits that were impossible before the advent of DNA technology
Genotyping by Sequencing is a robust,fast and cheap approach for high throughput marker discovery.It has applications in crop improvement programs by enhancing identification of superior genotypes.
A concise and well fabricated presentation the current techniques used for plant genome editing including CRISPER/cas9 system, TALENS, TELES, ZINC FINGER NUCLEASES(ZFN), HEJ (homologous endjoing) and many other high throughout techniques along references.
The use of the term cisgenesis is an attempt to distinguish GM plants or other organisms produced in this way from transgenics that is GM plants that contain DNA from unrelated organisms. Schouten et al. (2006) introduced the term cisgenesis and defined cisgenesis as the modification in the genetic background of a recipient plant by a naturally derived gene from a cross compatible species including its introns and its native promoter and terminator flanked in the normal sense orientation. Since cisgenes shared a common gene pool available for traditional breeding the final cisgenic plant should be devoid of any kind of foreign DNA viz., selection markers and vector- backbone sequences. Sometimes the word cisgenesis is also referred to as Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer from a sexually compatible plant where only the T-DNA borders may be present in the recipient organism after transformation (EFSA, 2012). The cisgenesis precludes linkage drag, and hence, prevents hazards from unidentified hitch hiking genes (Schouten, and Jacobsen, 2008). Compared to transgenesis, one of the disadvantages shared by cisgenesis is that characters outside the sexually compatible gene pool cannot be introduced. Furthermore, development of cisgenic crops involves extraordinary proficiency and time compared to transgenic crops. Therefore, the required genes or fragments of genes may not be readily accessible but have to be isolated from the sexually compatible gene pool (Holme et al., 2013).
On 16 February 2012, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, 2012) reported the detail study concerning the safety aspects of cisgenic plants and validated that cisgenic plants are secure to be used in terms of environment, food and feed, similar to the traditionally bred plants. However, the present GMO regulation keeps the cisgenic micro-organisms out from its supervision. The first scientific statement of bringing forth a true plant obtained by cisgenic approach was reported in apple through the insertion of the internal scab resistance gene HcrVf2 influenced by their own regulatory genes into the cultivar Gala, a scab susceptible cultivar (Vanblaere et al., 2011). Barley with improved phytase activity was produced successfully by Holme et al. 2011, through cisgenic approach. Late blight resistant potatoes have developed by cisgene stacking of R- gene (jo et al., 2014).
Plants have array of defense response against biotic stresses which could be either structural reinforcement, release of chemicals, and defense gene expression against invading organisms. The physical barriers are trichoms, waxy cuticle, thick cell wall. Once the pathogen overcomes the first line of defense, basal or innate defense response comes into play. Pathogens secrete some conserved molecules known as Pathogen Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP/MAMP), which are recognized by transmembrane receptors present in the plasma membrane and initiate a series of signal cascade reaction which ultimately leads to activation of various defense related genes. Apart from inducing the expression of defense related genes, it also triggers a hypersensitive reaction (HR) which cause deliberate cell death at the site of infection and limit the pathogen access to water and nutrient by sacrificing a few cells in order to save the rest of the plant. Once HR is triggered, plant tissue may become highly resistant to a broad range of pathogens for an extended period of time. This phenomenon is called Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR).
Plants respond to herbivory is a similar manner as described above. The biochemical mechanisms of defense against the herbivores are wide-ranging, highly dynamic, and are mediated both by direct and indirect defenses. The defensive compounds are either produced constitutively or in response to plant damage, and affect feeding, growth, and survival of herbivores. In addition, plants also release volatile organic compounds that attract the natural enemies of the herbivores. These strategies either act independently or in conjunction with each other. However, our understanding of these defensive mechanisms is still limited. Induced resistance could be exploited as an important tool for the pest management to minimize the amounts of insecticides used for pest control. Host plant resistance to insects, particularly, induced resistance, can also be manipulated with the use of chemical elicitors of secondary metabolites, which confer resistance to insects. By understanding the mechanisms of induced resistance, we can predict the herbivores that are likely to be affected by inducing responses. The elicitors of induced responses can be sprayed on crop plants to build up the natural defense system against damage caused by herbivores. The induced responses can also be genetically engineered, so that the defensive compounds are constitutively produced in plants challenged by the herbivory. Induced resistance can be exploited for developing crop cultivars, which readily produce the inducible response upon mild infestation, and can act as one of components of integrated pest management for sustainable crop production.
Gene for gene system in plant fungus interactionVinod Upadhyay
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GENE FOR GENE SYSTEMS IN PLANT- FUNGUS INTERACTION AND THE APPLICATIONS OF AVIRULENCE GENES IN CONTROL OF PLANT PATHOGENS
Targeted Induced Local Lesions IN Genome. Mutations (Single base pair substitution) are created by traditionally used chemical mutagens. Identify SNPs and / or INDELS in a gene / genes of interest from a mutagenized population.
Banoth Madhu: Map based gene cloning in plant. In the process of map-based cloning, one starts with a mutant and eventually identifies the gene responsible for the altered phenotype, allowing the plant to tell you what genes are important in the physiological process of interest and using the genetic relationship between a gene and a marker as the basis for beginning a search for a gene
A concise and well fabricated presentation the current techniques used for plant genome editing including CRISPER/cas9 system, TALENS, TELES, ZINC FINGER NUCLEASES(ZFN), HEJ (homologous endjoing) and many other high throughout techniques along references.
The use of the term cisgenesis is an attempt to distinguish GM plants or other organisms produced in this way from transgenics that is GM plants that contain DNA from unrelated organisms. Schouten et al. (2006) introduced the term cisgenesis and defined cisgenesis as the modification in the genetic background of a recipient plant by a naturally derived gene from a cross compatible species including its introns and its native promoter and terminator flanked in the normal sense orientation. Since cisgenes shared a common gene pool available for traditional breeding the final cisgenic plant should be devoid of any kind of foreign DNA viz., selection markers and vector- backbone sequences. Sometimes the word cisgenesis is also referred to as Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer from a sexually compatible plant where only the T-DNA borders may be present in the recipient organism after transformation (EFSA, 2012). The cisgenesis precludes linkage drag, and hence, prevents hazards from unidentified hitch hiking genes (Schouten, and Jacobsen, 2008). Compared to transgenesis, one of the disadvantages shared by cisgenesis is that characters outside the sexually compatible gene pool cannot be introduced. Furthermore, development of cisgenic crops involves extraordinary proficiency and time compared to transgenic crops. Therefore, the required genes or fragments of genes may not be readily accessible but have to be isolated from the sexually compatible gene pool (Holme et al., 2013).
On 16 February 2012, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA, 2012) reported the detail study concerning the safety aspects of cisgenic plants and validated that cisgenic plants are secure to be used in terms of environment, food and feed, similar to the traditionally bred plants. However, the present GMO regulation keeps the cisgenic micro-organisms out from its supervision. The first scientific statement of bringing forth a true plant obtained by cisgenic approach was reported in apple through the insertion of the internal scab resistance gene HcrVf2 influenced by their own regulatory genes into the cultivar Gala, a scab susceptible cultivar (Vanblaere et al., 2011). Barley with improved phytase activity was produced successfully by Holme et al. 2011, through cisgenic approach. Late blight resistant potatoes have developed by cisgene stacking of R- gene (jo et al., 2014).
Plants have array of defense response against biotic stresses which could be either structural reinforcement, release of chemicals, and defense gene expression against invading organisms. The physical barriers are trichoms, waxy cuticle, thick cell wall. Once the pathogen overcomes the first line of defense, basal or innate defense response comes into play. Pathogens secrete some conserved molecules known as Pathogen Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP/MAMP), which are recognized by transmembrane receptors present in the plasma membrane and initiate a series of signal cascade reaction which ultimately leads to activation of various defense related genes. Apart from inducing the expression of defense related genes, it also triggers a hypersensitive reaction (HR) which cause deliberate cell death at the site of infection and limit the pathogen access to water and nutrient by sacrificing a few cells in order to save the rest of the plant. Once HR is triggered, plant tissue may become highly resistant to a broad range of pathogens for an extended period of time. This phenomenon is called Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR).
Plants respond to herbivory is a similar manner as described above. The biochemical mechanisms of defense against the herbivores are wide-ranging, highly dynamic, and are mediated both by direct and indirect defenses. The defensive compounds are either produced constitutively or in response to plant damage, and affect feeding, growth, and survival of herbivores. In addition, plants also release volatile organic compounds that attract the natural enemies of the herbivores. These strategies either act independently or in conjunction with each other. However, our understanding of these defensive mechanisms is still limited. Induced resistance could be exploited as an important tool for the pest management to minimize the amounts of insecticides used for pest control. Host plant resistance to insects, particularly, induced resistance, can also be manipulated with the use of chemical elicitors of secondary metabolites, which confer resistance to insects. By understanding the mechanisms of induced resistance, we can predict the herbivores that are likely to be affected by inducing responses. The elicitors of induced responses can be sprayed on crop plants to build up the natural defense system against damage caused by herbivores. The induced responses can also be genetically engineered, so that the defensive compounds are constitutively produced in plants challenged by the herbivory. Induced resistance can be exploited for developing crop cultivars, which readily produce the inducible response upon mild infestation, and can act as one of components of integrated pest management for sustainable crop production.
Gene for gene system in plant fungus interactionVinod Upadhyay
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GENE FOR GENE SYSTEMS IN PLANT- FUNGUS INTERACTION AND THE APPLICATIONS OF AVIRULENCE GENES IN CONTROL OF PLANT PATHOGENS
Targeted Induced Local Lesions IN Genome. Mutations (Single base pair substitution) are created by traditionally used chemical mutagens. Identify SNPs and / or INDELS in a gene / genes of interest from a mutagenized population.
Banoth Madhu: Map based gene cloning in plant. In the process of map-based cloning, one starts with a mutant and eventually identifies the gene responsible for the altered phenotype, allowing the plant to tell you what genes are important in the physiological process of interest and using the genetic relationship between a gene and a marker as the basis for beginning a search for a gene
History
Host pathogen interaction
R gene
Molecular techniques for detection of plant pathogens
Role of molecular techniques in resistance breeding Deployment of R genes and linked markers
Transgenic approaches in plant protection
Conclusion
Molecular markers for measuring genetic diversity Zohaib HUSSAIN
Molecular markers for measuring genetic diversity
Introduction:
The molecular basis of the essential biological phenomena in plants is crucial for the effective conservation, management, and efficient utilization of plant genetic resources (PGR).
Determining genetic diversity can be based on morphological, biochemical, and molecular types of information. However, molecular markers have advantages over other kinds, where they show genetic differences on a more detailed level without interferences from environmental factors, and where they involve techniques that provide fast results detailing genetic diversity
Comparison of different methods
Morphological characterization does not require expensive technology but large tracts of land are often required for these experiments, making it possibly more expensive than molecular assessment. These traits are often susceptible to phenotypic plasticity; conversely, this allows assessment of diversity in the presence of environmental variation.
Biochemical analysis is based on the separation of proteins into specific banding patterns. It is a fast method which requires only small amounts of biological material. However, only a limited number of enzymes are available and thus, the resolution of diversity is limited.
Molecular analyses comprise a large variety of DNA molecular markers, which can be employed for analysis of variation. Different markers have different genetic qualities (they can be dominant or co-dominant, can amplify anonymous or characterized loci, can contain expressed or non-expressed sequences, etc.).
Genetic marker
The concept of genetic markers is not a new one; in the nineteenth century, Gregor Mendel employed phenotype-based genetic markers in his experiments. Later, phenotype-based genetic markers for Drosophila melanogaster led to the founding of the theory of genetic linkage. A genetic marker is an easily identifiable piece of genetic material, usually DNA that can be used in the laboratory to tell apart cells, individuals, populations, or species. The use of genetic markers begins with extracting proteins or chemicals (for biochemical markers) or DNA (for molecular markers) from tissues of the plant (for example, seeds, foliage, pollen, sometimes woody tissues).
Molecular markers In genetics, a molecular marker (identified as genetic marker) is a fragment of DNA that is associated with a certain location within the genome. Molecular markers which detect variation at the DNA level such as nucleotide changes: deletion, duplication, inversion and/or insertion. Markers can exhibit two modes of inheritance, i.e. dominant/recessive or co-dominant. If the genetic pattern of homozygotes can be distinguished from that of heterozygotes, then a marker is said to be co-dominant. Generally co-dominant markers are more informative than the
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Terms that are frequently used
Genomic - It is the field of molecular biology, that deals with the study of
genomes, the complete set of genetic material within an organism
Marker gene-A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location
on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
Effectors - Effectors are proteins expressed by plant pathogens to aid infection of
specific plant species. These molecules can alter plant processes and are central to
understanding the complicated interplay between plants and their pathogens
Probe – It is a fragment of DNA or RNA of variable length which can be radioactively
labelled. It can then be used in DNA or RNA samples to detect the presence of
nucleotide sequences that are complementary to the sequence in the probe.
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Motifs – These are short, recurring patterns in DNA that are presumed to have a
biological function. Often they indicate sequence-specific binding sites for
proteins such as nucleases and transcription factors (TF).
SNP – It is a variation in a single nucleotide that occurs at a specific position in
the genome, where each variation is present to some appreciable degree within a
population (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
Transposable DNA – The sequences of DNA that move (or jump) from one location
in the genome to another.
Repetitive DNA – These are patterns (also known as repetitive elements
or repeats) of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) that occur in multiple copies throughout
the genome.
Selection pressure- An agent of differential mortality or fertility that tends to make
a population change genetically.
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High throughput gene sequencing- High-throughput (formerly "next-generation")
sequencing, applies to genome sequencing, genome resequencing transcriptome
profiling (RNA-Seq). The high demand for low-cost sequencing has driven the
development of high-throughput sequencing technologies that parallelize the
sequencing process, producing thousands or millions of sequences concurrently
7. AIM
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Generation and analysis of genomic sequences of diverse bacterial,
oomycete, fungal, and viral pathogens
INTRODUCTION
Identify genetic sources of virulence
Understand differences observed among related pathogens
Guide the development of diagnostic tools capable of discriminating
among specific strains
Reveal sources of host resistance
Understand the dynamics of host-microbe interactions and the
diseases they cause.
Source: https://pppmb.cals.cornell.edu
Pathogen + Genomics = Pathogenomics
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TECHNIQUES INVOLVED
1. Marker Gene Analysis
The targeted amplification and sequencing of taxonomically informative
‘marker genes’ from microbial community DNA is known as marker gene
analysis
A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a
chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.
Strength- Deep coverage allows characterization of rare species.
2. Metagenomics
Study of genetic material recovered directly from environmental samples
The broad field may also be referred to as environmental genomics, Eco
genomics or community genomics.
Strength- Unbiased profiling, Allows genomic studies of uncultured microbial
species.
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3. Meta-transcriptomic
The extraction and analysis of metagenomic mRNA
Provides information on the regulation and expression profiles of
complex communities as Metagenomics allows researchers to access the
functional and metabolic diversity of microbial communities, but it
cannot show which of these processes are active
Strength- Transcript abundance can be determined
More sensitive for detecting alterations in gene
expression than proteomics
4. Meta-proteogenomics
Study of active functionalities and pathways
Strength- Better approximation of levels of functional activities with
proteomics than transcriptomics
Source: Guttman et al., 2014
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Effectors
o Effectors are proteins expressed by plant pathogens to aid infection
of specific plant species
o Modular proteins with cleavable amino-terminal secretion signals.
o Known to disable extracellular and subcellular plant defenses
o Enable the pathogen to adapt to the protease-rich environment of
the plant
o In nutshell, pathogen effectors have proved to be useful probes to
identify plant proteases that have roles in immunity
Source: Pais et al., 2013
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ROLE OF EFFECTORS
Pathogen effector proteins can act as virulence factors to suppress the basal
defense mechanisms.
Effector genes are under dynamic, even opposite selection pressure depending
on the host plant genotype that the pathogen interacts with.
Immune processes
Useful tools for probing plant germplasm for new resistance traits and are
poised to improve the breeding and deployment of disease resistance genes in
agriculture.
Due to the diverse and rapidly evolving effector gene complements P.
infestans and some other plant parasitic pathogens are very much successful in
causing disease.
o Host pathogen interaction
o Cellular dynamics
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Classes of Effectors
1. Apoplastic Effectors 2. Cytoplasmic Effectors
Secreted into the plant
extracellular space
Modular proteins with cleavable
amino terminal secretion signals
Disables extracellular plant
defense and enable the pathogen
to adapt to the protease-rich
environment of the plant
apoplast
Translocated inside the plant cell
Carry an additional domain after
the signal peptide that mediates
translocation inside host cells and
is defined by conserved motifs
Eg. Serine and cysteine protease
inhibitors, phytotoxin-like SCR74.
Eg.RXLR, CRN and CHXC
Source: Kamoun, 2006
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EFFECTOR GENE EXPRESSION
Highthrough put gene expression analysis by sequencing of cDNA
libraries, microarray and RNA-seq technologies are valuable tools to
identify candidate virulence factors
Gene expression profiles in pathogen exhibits dynamic changes
throughout the different developmental stages of their life cycle,
dramatic changes occur during infection of host plants
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HOST PLANT RESPONSES TO EFFECTOR
Plants respond to pathogen effectors in various ways depending on
the genotypes of both the plant and the invading pathogen
Plant response to pathogen effectors- PAMP/AVR/ETI (Vleeshouwers
et al., 2008)
Virulence activities of effector protein (Fabro et al.,2011)
Discovery of new resistance genes and cloning of R genes
(Goritsching et al.,2012)
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The activation of host immunity by effector proteins helps the dissection of
plant susceptibility and resistance mechanisms
Unraveling plant processes
Identification of host proteins that interact with pathogen effectors can give
insights into the plant pathways targeted and perturbed during the infection
process
Effectors can be used as molecular probes to study the structural changes that
occur during plant infection at a subcellular level
The suppression of plant immune responses under the influence of pathogen.
Eg. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Source: Pais et al., 2013
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Surveys of pathogen’s genome sequences
• Lifestyle-associated genomic adaptations- Necrotrophy/ Biotrophy/
Hemibiotrophy
• Diversity among pathogen. E.g. Oomycetes
One striking feature of these oomycete genomes is the considerable
variability in size, ranging from 37 Mb for the biotrophic plant
pathogen Albugo laibachii (an obligate parasite of the model plant
Arabidopsis thaliana), to 240 Mb for the hemibiotrophic P. infestans
(which parasitizes tomato and potato)
The genomes of necrotrophic plant fungi got an abundance of genes encoding
products that are intuitively associated with necrotrophic life
Protein and carbohydrate hydrolases, are enzymes that accomplish the
degradation of the plant cuticle and cell wall
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These observed differences in genome size are largely due to the
proliferation of transposable elements and repetitive DNA, which in P.
infestans account for 74% of the genome content
At 100 Mb, the downy mildew Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis, an obligate
parasite of A. thaliana, also has a relatively large genome size, a recurrent
trend in biotrophic oomycete and fungal pathogens
Repeat regions in these expanded genomes tend to be unstable; they may
promote genome duplication and shuffling, increased rates of mutagenesis and
gene silencing
CONT…
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Development of diagnostic tools
E.g. Wheat rust
o Field pathogenomics, whether using RNA sequencing (Hubbard et al., 2015)
or genomic DNA-based approaches, will supplement phenotyping.
o The non-viable samples can be transported to, and sequenced by regional
technology centers, providing standardized information that allows
comparative global analysis and monitoring.
o Dense SNP panels will allow tracking of pathogen dispersal on a global scale
without the need to move live pathogen samples. Once genotypic variants
have been identified, phenotypic characterization can focus on
representative samples, optimizing the use of national resources.
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o This will allow prediction of which pathotypes are a threat to particular
genotypes within specific geographic regions and provide an early-warning
system for crop vulnerabilities.
o Unprecedented amounts of information on the genetic structure of rust
populations will provide detailed insights into the selective forces driving
evolution of new pathotypes
CONT…
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Durable resistance
Durable disease resistance, remains effective over long period of time in
environments favourable for disease
The re-sequencing of multiple pathogen isolates provides insights into
genome organization, plasticity and the presence of pathogenesis-related
genes.
Sequencing of isolates from multiple geographical areas will reveal the
prevalence and distribution of known virulence genes as well as uncover new
virulence genes.
Pathogenomics provides the data on host and pathogen needed for
deployment of effective resistance genes
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Contd.
Continual global monitoring of the pathogen will enable anticipatory strategies
that take into consideration the frequency and relative fitness costs of the
targeted virulence effectors.
Effective combinations of resistance genes can be deployed as pyramids of
individual specificities tailored to each region.
Continual surveillance of pathogen populations will allow the impact of
different resistance genes and strategies to be monitored.
This will facilitate rapid responses when resistance breaks down and inform
temporal and spatial adjustments in resistance-gene deployment.
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Xanthomonas
Geographically and temporally diverse strains of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.
manihotis (Xam), which is the causal agent of cassava bacterial blight was taken
for study.
A phylogenetic analysis based on the genome data showed strong geographical
clustering of the strains, which indicates that local evolution is more important
than global gene transfer or strain migration.
The distribution of T3SEs varied considerably among strains, but nine were
found to be present in all Xam isolates.
This set of effectors are highly conserved over all geographical sampling sites
and 70 years of strain isolation.
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If these highly conserved T3SEs are essential because of their interaction with core
components of the cassava immune system, then they may provide insights into
the development of durable resistance to protect this important crop.
CONT…
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Other methods for recovery of R genes
Use of effectors in large-scale screens of germplasm has facilitated the
discovery of new resistance genes and their classification into discrete
recognition specificities, accelerating the cloning of R genes while avoiding
redundant cloning efforts
Effectors can be used to identify R gene homologs in plant species that are more
compatible for breeding. Eg. Solanum stoloniferum and S papita for P infestans
RXLR effector .
Monitoring of effector allele diversity in pathogen populations. This can provide
valuable information to assess the potential of a given R gene regarding its
spectrum and durability, and to design control strategies based on the dynamic
distribution of virulence alleles in a given population, allowing the early
detection of races that can overcome the deployed R genes.
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CONTD…
Genome and Transcriptome analysis can be used to determine the set of
effector genes present and expressed during infection by isolates of a given
genotype, providing information on the R genes that can be deployed in host
to control that particular genotype.
By expanding the effector recognition specificity of a given R gene to new
virulent alleles by performing artificial evolution by random mutagenesis, an
approach that has been previously successful when applied to the PVX
resistance gene Rx .
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Materials and methods
219 samples of wheat and triticale infected with PST from 17
different counties across the UK in the spring and summer of 2013
Field pathogenomics reveals a shift in the PST population in the UK. It has
uncovered a dramatic shift in the PST population that could have serious
implications for wheat production in the UK
Methodology described herein accelerates genetic analysis of pathogen
populations and circumvents the difficulties associated with obligate plant
pathogens
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Result
RNA-seq analysis of PST-infected plant material is a useful approach for
accurately genotyping isolates of PST directly from the field.
Genetic diversity between members of a single population cluster for all
2013 PST field samples was much higher than that displayed by historical UK
isolates, revealing a more diverse population of PST.
Conclusion
A dramatic shift in the PST population in the UK, likely due to a recent
introduction of a diverse set of exotic PST lineages
In this study, we developed a robust and rapid method based on RNA
sequencing directly from infected host samples to gain insight into emerging
pathogen populations
35. Conclusion
Next-generation sequencing technologies provide new opportunities
to study pathogens and the hosts they infect.
High-throughput pathogenomics offers the possibility for analyzing a
large number of pathogen isolates and host varieties rapidly and at
low cost.
It detects genes being expressed and therefore the determinants of
the interaction; thus, non-expressed genes present in the genome do
not obscure genotype-phenotype correlations.
A potential limitation of the method is that it only samples at one
time-point and does not reveal the genetic potential of non-
expressed pathogen genes.
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