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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2018

Host-induced gene silencing of a regulator of G protein signalling gene (VdRGS1) confers resistance to Verticillium wilt in cotton.

Jun Xu, Xinyu Wang, Yongqing Li, Jianguo Zeng, Guilin Wang, Chaoyang Deng, Wangzhen Guo

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun XuState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xinyu WangCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yongqing LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jianguo ZengCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Guilin WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Chaoyang DengState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wangzhen GuoState Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3333-7147
Nanjing Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Verticillium wilt (VW), caused by soil-borne fungi of the genus Verticillium, is a serious disease affecting a wide range of plants and leading to a constant and major challenge to agriculture worldwide. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the world's most important natural textile fibre and oil crop. VW of cotton is a highly devastating vascular disease; however, few resistant germplasms have been reported in cotton. An increasing number of studies have shown that RNA interference (RNAi)-based host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) is an effective strategy for improving plant resistance to pathogens by silencing genes essential for the pathogenicity of these pathogens. Here, we have identified and characterized multifunctional regulators of G protein signalling (RGS) in the Verticillium dahliae virulence strain, Vd8. Of eight VdRGS genes, VdRGS1 showed the most significant increase in expression in V. dahliae after treating with the roots of cotton seedlings. Based on the phenotype detection of VdRGS1 deletion and complementation mutants, we found that VdRGS1 played crucial roles in spore production, hyphal development, microsclerotia formation and pathogenicity. Tobacco rattle virus-mediated HIGS in cotton plants silenced VdRGS1 transcripts in invaded V. dahliae strains and enhanced broad-spectrum resistance to cotton VW. Our data demonstrate that VdRGS1 is a conserved and essential gene for V. dahliae virulence. HIGS of VdRGS1 provides effective control against V. dahliae infection and could obtain the durable disease resistance in cotton and in other VW-susceptible host crops by developing the stable transformants.

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cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)host-induced gene silencingpathogenicityregulator of G protein signallingVerticillium dahliae

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