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Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Its Survival on Other Plants including Weed Species
Chen, A., Morrison, S., Gregson, A., Le, D. P., Urquhart, A. S., Smith, L. J., ... & Gardiner, D. M. (2024). Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species. Pathogens, 13(6), 442.
Chen, A., Morrison, S., Gregson, A., Le, D. P., Urquhart, A. S., Smith, L. J., ... & Gardiner, D. M. (2024). Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species. Pathogens, 13(6), 442.
Chen, A., Morrison, S., Gregson, A., Le, D. P., Urquhart, A. S., Smith, L. J., ... & Gardiner, D. M. (2024). Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species. Pathogens, 13(6), 442.
Chen, A., Morrison, S., Gregson, A., Le, D. P., Urquhart, A. S., Smith, L. J., ... & Gardiner, D. M. (2024). Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species. Pathogens, 13(6), 442.
Abstract
Verticillium wilt is a soil borne disease caused by distinct vegetative compatibility groups (VCG) of the fungus Verticillium dahliae. Two V. dahliae isolates were recovered from symptomatic cot-ton plants in Australian cotton fields and were assigned to two distinct vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs). One corresponding to the defoliating (VCG 1A) and the other non-defoliating (VCG 2A) pathotypes of Verticillium, have been transformed with Red and Green Fluorescent protein genes, respectively. The transformants maintained their ability to infect cotton and both strains were observed to colonise the xylem vessels of cotton plants. Moreover, we observed that the cotton V. dahliae strains could also infect some sampled non-Gossypium species found in the Australian landscape. The fluorescently labelled strains of V. dahliae will allow us to gain a thorough understanding of the infection processes of this important pathogen.
Keywords
Reporter genes; plant host and pathogen interactions; Green Fluorescent Protein; 'mCherry' Red Fluorescent Protein; alternative weed host; Nicotina benthamiana; Vegetative Compatibility Groups 1A and 2A; Defoliating and non-defoliating pathotypes
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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