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Functional Genomes in Plant Diseases and Pests Management

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 1759

Special Issue Editor

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P., Laboratory of Phytosanitary Crisis-Xylella Fastidiosa, Av. da República, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
Interests: molecular phytopathology; plant-microbe interactions; priming defense; plant pathogens resistance genes; metagenomics; biocontrol; Xylella fastidiosa; phytoplasma

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The subject of phytopathology has become one of the most important areas of study, as it correlates directly to the needs of ensuring a healthy, sustainable and affordable diet for all the approximately 10 billion inhabitants expected to occupy planet Earth in the middle of the 21st century, especially in a scenario of climate change. The genomes of plants, pathogens and insects, are linked. They still hide a plethora of mechanisms for the regulation of microbial gene expression that, when determined, will be decisive keys to unravel new approaches to combat plant disease and pests.

This Special Issue “Functional genomes in plant diseases and pest management” aims to gather the most recent contributions from scientists and other forest and agriculture stakeholders to provide a distinctive reference in this area of study. We have an increased responsibility to investigate and publish our results in a network so that we can anticipate solutions for present and future plant diseases and pests.

We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue with original articles, reviews and short communications. This network effort will provide a fresh insight into phytopathology that will encourage new directions for future research.

Dr. Paula Sá-Pereira
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • induced systemic resistance
  • genetics of plant-microbe interactions
  • endophytes
  • phytopathology
  • functional genomes

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Suppression of Rice Osa-miR444.2 Improves the Resistance to Sheath Blight in Rice Mediating through the Phytohormone Pathway
by Tao Feng, Zhao-Yang Zhang, Peng Gao, Zhi-Ming Feng, Shi-Min Zuo and Shou-Qiang Ouyang
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(4), 3653; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24043653 - 11 Feb 2023
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Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of conserved small RNA with a length of 21–24 nucleotides in eukaryotes, which are involved in development and defense responses against biotic and abiotic stresses. By RNA-seq, Osa-miR444b.2 was identified to be induced after Rhizoctonia solani (R. [...] Read more.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of conserved small RNA with a length of 21–24 nucleotides in eukaryotes, which are involved in development and defense responses against biotic and abiotic stresses. By RNA-seq, Osa-miR444b.2 was identified to be induced after Rhizoctonia solani (R. solani) infection. In order to clarify the function of Osa-miR444b.2 responding to R. solani infection in rice, transgenic lines over-expressing and knocking out Osa-miR444b.2 were generated in the background of susceptible cultivar Xu3 and resistant cultivar YSBR1, respectively. Over-expressing Osa-miR444b.2 resulted in compromised resistance to R. solani. In contrast, the knocking out Osa-miR444b.2 lines exhibited improved resistance to R. solani. Furthermore, knocking out Osa-miR444b.2 resulted in increased height, tillers, smaller panicle, and decreased 1000-grain weight and primary branches. However, the transgenic lines over-expressing Osa-miR444b.2 showed decreased primary branches and tillers, but increased panicle length. These results indicated that Osa-miR444b.2 was also involved in regulating the agronomic traits in rice. The RNA-seq assay revealed that Osa-miR444b.2 mainly regulated the resistance to rice sheath blight disease by affecting the expression of plant hormone signaling pathways-related genes such as ET and IAA, and transcription factors such as WRKYs and F-boxes. Together, our results suggest that Osa-miR444b.2 negatively mediated the resistance to R. solani in rice, which will contribute to the cultivation of sheath blight resistant varieties. Full article
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