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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2023

Resolving intergenotypic Striga resistance in sorghum.

Sylvia Mutinda, Fredrick M Mobegi, Brett Hale, Olivier Dayou, Elijah Ateka, Asela Wijeratne, Susann Wicke, Emily S Bellis, Steven Runo

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Sylvia MutindaPan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-6887-647X
Fredrick M MobegiDepartment of Clinical Immunology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital Network, Murdoch, Western Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0554-9919
Brett HaleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4984-017X
Olivier DayouInstitute for Biology, Humboldt University, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3716-3714
Elijah AtekaDepartment of Horticulture, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-9408-9285
Asela WijeratneDepartment of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7817-6351
Susann WickeInstitute for Biology, Humboldt University, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5785-9500
Emily S BellisDepartment of Computer Science, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6066-1466
Steven RunoDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-9043-2338
Arkansas State University · USHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEKenyatta University · KEFiona Stanley Hospital · AUJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · KE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic underpinnings of host-pathogen interactions in the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica, a root parasitic plant that ravages cereals in sub-Saharan Africa, are unclear. We performed a comparative transcriptome study on five genotypes of sorghum exhibiting diverse resistance responses to S. hermonthica using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). We found that S. hermonthica elicits both basal and effector-triggered immunity-like a bona fide pathogen. The resistance response was genotype specific. Some resistance responses followed the salicylic acid-dependent signaling pathway for systemic acquired resistance characterized by cell wall reinforcements, lignification, and callose deposition, while in others the WRKY-dependent signaling pathway was activated, leading to a hypersensitive response. In some genotypes, both modes of resistance were activated, while in others either mode dominated the resistance response. Cell wall-based resistance was common to all sorghum genotypes but strongest in IS2814, while a hypersensitive response was specific to N13, IS9830, and IS41724. WGCNA further allowed for pinpointing of S. hermonthica resistance causative genes in sorghum, including glucan synthase-like 10 gene, a pathogenesis-related thaumatin-like family gene, and a phosphoinositide phosphatase gene. Such candidate genes will form a good basis for subsequent functional validation and possibly future resistance breeding.

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SorghumStrigaAfrica South of the SaharaEdible GrainPlant BreedingCell wall-based resistancecomparative transcriptomicslignin-based resistanceparasitic plantspathogen-associated molecular patternsprogrammed cell deathweighted gene co-expression networks

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PMID37260405
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