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Cell Wall Biomolecular Composition Plays a Potential Role in the Host Type II Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat

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Title
Cell Wall Biomolecular Composition Plays a Potential Role in the Host Type II Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat
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Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2016
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00910
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Rachid Lahlali, Saroj Kumar, Lipu Wang, Li Forseille, Nicole Sylvain, Malgorzata Korbas, David Muir, George Swerhone, John R. Lawrence, Pierre R. Fobert, Gary Peng, Chithra Karunakaran

Abstract

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious disease of wheat worldwide. Cultivar resistance to FHB depends on biochemical factors that confine the pathogen spread in spikes. Breeding for cultivar resistance is considered the most practical way to manage this disease. In this study, different spectroscopy and microscopy techniques were applied to discriminate resistance in wheat genotypes against FHB. Synchrotron-based spectroscopy and imaging techniques, including focal plane array infrared and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy were used to understand changes in biochemical and nutrients in rachis following FHB infection. Sumai3 and Muchmore were used to represent resistant and susceptible cultivars to FHB, respectively, in this study. The histological comparison of rachis showed substantial differences in the cell wall thickness between the cultivars after infection. Synchrotron-based infrared imaging emphasized substantial difference in biochemical composition of rachis samples between the two cultivars prior to visible symptoms; in the resistant Sumai3, infrared bands representing lignin and hemicellulose were stronger and more persistent compared to the susceptible cultivar. These bands may be the candidates of biochemical markers for FHB resistance. Focal plane array infrared imaging (FPA) spectra from the rachis epidermis and vascular bundles revealed a new band (1710 cm(-1)) related to the oxidative stress on the susceptible cultivar only. XRF spectroscopy data revealed differences in nutrients composition between cultivars, and between controls and inoculated samples, with substantial increases observed for Ca, K, Mn, Fe, Zn, and Si in the resistant cultivar. These nutrients are related to cell wall stability, metabolic process, and plant defense mechanisms such as lignification pathway and callose deposition. The combination of cell wall composition and lignification plays a role in the mechanism of type II host resistance to FHB. Biochemical profiling using the synchrotron-based spectroscopy holds potential for screening wheat genotypes for FHB resistance.

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Country Count As %
Brazil 1 1%
Unknown 69 99%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 20%
Researcher 12 17%
Student > Master 11 16%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 16 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 40 57%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 4%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Engineering 2 3%
Chemistry 2 3%
Other 4 6%
Unknown 17 24%
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