Abstract
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is an economically important disease of wheat that results in yield loss and grain contaminated with fungal mycotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. Herein we characterised two wheat genes involved in the FHB response in wheat: a wheat mitochondrial phosphate transporter (TaMPT) and a methyltransferase (TaSAM). Wheat has three sub-genomes (A, B, and D) and gene expression studies demonstrated that TaMPT and TaSAM homoeologs were differentially expressed in response to FHB infection and the mycotoxigenic Fusarium virulence factor deoxynivalenol (DON) in FHB resistant wheat cv. CM82036 and susceptible cv. Remus. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of either TaMPT or TaSAM enhanced the susceptibility of cv. CM82036 to FHB disease, reducing disease spread (Type II disease resistance). VIGS of TaMPT and TaSAM significantly reduced grain number and grain weight. This indicates TaSAM and TaMPT genes also contribute to grain development in wheat and adds to the increasing body of evidence linking FHB resistance genes to grain development. Hence, Fusarium responsive genes TaSAM and TaMPT warrant further study to determine their potential to enhance both disease resistance and grain development in wheat.
Funder
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Science Foundation Ireland
Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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