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GrainGenes Reference Report: PMP-59-129

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Reference	PMP-59-129
Title	Benzothiadiazole-induced gene expression in wheat spikes does not provide resistance to Fusarium head blight
Journal	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
Year	2001
Volume	59
Pages	129-136
Author	Yu GY Muehlbauer GJ
Abstract	Summary: Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of wheat throughout the world. FHB is primarily caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum. In wheat, benzo(1,2,3)thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester (BTH) induces the wheat chemically-induced (WCI) genes and provides resistance to several pathogens. The objectives of this study were two-fold: (1) to investigate the effects of BTH application and F. graminearum infection on selected defense response genes in wheat spikes; and (2) to study the potential of BTH for inducing FHB resistance in wheat. Wheat spikes were treated with BTH prior to anthesis and transcript accumulation and resistance to FHB were measured. BTH-treated wheat spikes were examined for expression of six defense response genes (PR-1, PR-2, PR-3, PR-4, PR-5 and peroxidase) and the five WCI genes that are induced by BTH in wheat leaves. All five WCI genes were induced by BTH in spikes; however none of the six defense response genes were induced. Conversely, the defense response genes were induced by F. graminearum infection, whereas the WCI genes were not. These data indicate that the pathway for induction of the defense response genes by F. graminearum infection is distinct from the BTH-induced pathway. In the disease evaluations of BTH-treated plants, we found that BTH did not provide significant Type I or Type II resistance to wheat spikes spray- or point-inoculated with F. graminearum, respectively. These data indicate that BTH application and the induction of WCI gene expression does not provide resistance to FHB
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 36 ] acid barley benzo(1,2,3)thiodiazole-7-carbothioic acid s-methyl blight defense defense response defense response genes disease disease resistance ester ester (bth) fungal fungal pathogen fusarium fusarium graminearum fusarium head blight gene gene expression graminearum head blight induction infection pathogen pathway peroxidase resistance responses scab spike spikes systemic acquired-resistance transcript triticum aestivum type ii wheat leaves world

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