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This transcription factor can interact with bHLHs belonging to the MBW (R2R3-MYB, bHLH and WD40) anthocyanin activator complex and, potentially, may interfere with its formation. Genome methylation analysis revealed that, for several genomic loci, anthocyanin-producing cells were more methylated than clonally related white cells. In particular, we localized some methylation events in ribosomal protein-coding genes. Overall, our study explores novel molecular aspects associated with loss of anthocyanins in cell culture systems.Expansins loosen plant cell walls and are involved in cell enlargement and various abiotic stresses. In previous studies, we cloned the expansin gene TaEXPA2 from the wheat cultivar HF9703. Here, we studied its function and regulation in wheat drought stress tolerance. The results indicated that TaEXPA2-overexpressing wheat plants (OE) exhibited drought tolerant phenotypes, whereas down-regulation of TaEXPA2 by RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in elevated drought sensitivity, as measured by survival rate, photosynthetic rate and water containing ability under drought stress. Overexpression of TaEXPA2 enhanced the antioxidant capacity in wheat plants, via elevation of antioxidant enzyme activity and the increase of the transcripts of some ROS scavenging enzyme-related genes. Further investigation revealed that TaEXPA2 positively influenced lateral root formation under drought conditions. A MYB transcription factor of wheat named TaMPS activates TaEXPA2 expression directly by binding to its promoter. selleck chemicals Overexpression of TaMPS in Arabidopsis conferred drought tolerance associated with improved lateral root number, and the close homolog genes of TaEXPA2 were up-regulated in Arabidopsis roots overexpressing TaMPS, which suggest that TaMPS may function as one of the regulator of TaEXPA2 gene expression in the root lateral development under drought stress. These findings suggest that TaEXPA2 positively regulates drought stress tolerance in wheat.Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis is restricted in roots, but it also improves shoot responses against leaf challenges, a phenomenon known as Mycorrhiza-Induced Resistance (MIR). This study focuses on mycorrhizal root signals that may orchestrate shoot defence responses. Metabolomic analysis of non-mycorrhizal and mycorrhizal plants upon Botrytis cinerea infection showed that roots rearrange their metabolome mostly in response to the symbiosis, whereas in shoots a stronger impact of the infection is observed. Specific clusters of compounds in shoots and roots display a priming profile suggesting an implication in the enhanced resistance observed in mycorrhizal plants. Among the primed pathways in roots, lignans showed the highest number of hits followed by oxocarboxylic acids, compounds of the amino acid metabolism, and phytohormones. The lignan yatein was present at higher concentrations in roots, root efflux and leaves of mycorrhizal plants This lignan displayed in vitro antimicrobial activity against B. cinerea and it was also functional protecting tomato plants. Besides, several JA defence-related genes were upregulated in mycorrhizal roots regardless of the pathogen infection, whereas PIN-II was primed in roots of mycorrhizal infected plants. These observations suggest that the enhanced resistance in shoots during MIR may be coordinated by lignans and oxylipins with the participation of roots.Loss/reduction of function of Mildew Locus O (MLO) genes clade V and MLO clade IV has been shown to be responsible for powdery mildew (PM) resistance in several plant species. Mungbean (Vigna radiata) genome possesses 18 MLO genes, VrMLO1 - VrMLO18. A previous study using mungbean F2 and BC1F1 populations derived from a cross between "CN60″ (susceptible) and "RUM5″ (resistance) demonstrated that QTL qPMRUM5-3 is a major QTL for PM resistance caused by Erysiphe polygoni and is the same with major QTL qPMV4718-3 that confers PM resistance in "V4718″ (resistance). In this study, bioinformatics analysis revealed VrMLO12 locates in the qPMRUM5-3 region. Fine mapping in the F2 and BC1F1 populations using newly developed DNA markers including gene-specific markers demonstrated association between VrMLO12 and the PM resistance. Sequence analyses of VrMLO12 revealed that compared to susceptible mungbeans, RUM5 and V4718 possess SNPs in exon 10 and exon 13. The SNPs caused amino acid changes of VrMLO12, A387S and A476 G, respectively. The change occurred in transmembrane 6 domain and calmodulin binding domain (CaMBD) of the VrMLO12 protein, respectively. qRT-PCR showed that transcript expression level of VrMLO12 in RUM5 challenged with and without by E. polygoni was significantly higher than that in CN60. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that in contrast to previous findings that MLO proteins associated with PM resistance belong to MLO clade V and MLO clade IV, VrMLO12 belongs to MLO clade II. The result suggested that VrMLO12 may function differently from the other MLOs that associated with PM susceptibility. Our findings provide insight into the PM resistance in mungbean and tools for mungbean breeding.The root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne incognita is considered one of the most damaging pests among phytonematodes. The majority of nematode oesophageal gland effector genes are indispensable in facilitating M. incognita parasitization of host plants. We report the effect of host-delivered RNAi (HD-RNAi) silencing of four selected M. incognita effector genes, namely, Mi-msp3, Mi-msp5, Mi-msp18 and Mi-msp24, in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mi-msp5, Mi-msp18 and Mi-msp24, which are dorsal gland genes, were found to be maximally expressed in the adult female stage, whereas Mi-msp3, which is a sub-ventral gland gene, was maximally expressed in an earlier stage. In transgenic plants expressing dsRNA, the reduction in the number of galls on roots was 89 %, 78 %, 86 % and 89 % for the Mi-msp3, Mi-msp5, Mi-msp18 and Mi-msp24 RNAi events, respectively. Moreover, gene transcript abundance was significantly reduced in RKN females feeding on dsRNA-expressing lines by up to 60 %, 84 %, 31 % and 61 % for Mi-msp3, Mi-msp5, Mi-msp18 and Mi-msp24, respectively.
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