Cell wall remodeling in woody tung oil tree root xylem contributes to deterrence of the Fusarium wilt pathogen
Cell wall remodeling in woody tung oil tree root xylem contributes to deterrence of the Fusarium wilt pathogen
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DOI:
10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116361
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发表时间:
2023-04
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5.9
通讯作者:
Jia Wang;Yang-Lingzhi Yang-Yang-Lingzhi-Yang-19164650;M. Gao;Liwen Wu;Yunxiao Zhao;Yicun Chen;Yangdong Wang
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作者:
Jia Wang;Yang-Lingzhi Yang-Yang-Lingzhi-Yang-19164650;M. Gao;Liwen Wu;Yunxiao Zhao;Yicun Chen;Yangdong Wang
Tung oil tree (Vernicia fordii), is renowned for production of unique tung oil, which has been sufferedFusariumwilt disease. Intriguingly, its sister species, woody tung oil trees (V. montana) exhibit high resistance toFusarium. oxysporumf. sp.fordii(Fof-1) infection. We hypothesize that the xylem cells ofV. montanaroots might act as physical barriers to deter invasion of the soil-borneFusariumpathogen. To test this, we investigated the potentially different phenotypic and physiological behaviors of the root xylem cells betweenV. montanaandV. fordiiresponding toFof-1. The result showed that pathogen could invade the root xylem ofV. fordiibut failed to enter the root xylem ofV. montana. AfterFof-1 infection, the cell wall thickness inV. montanaroot xylem was statistically increased. A statistically significant increase of lignin in the early stage, and the ratio of S:H lignin and hemicellulose content in the later infection stage were viewed in theV. montanaroot xylem cell wall. Further comparative metabolomic analysis showed that some intermediary metabolites in the lignin pathways, including cinnamic acid, scopoletin and coumarin, were enriched inV. montanaroot xylem cells afterFof-1 infection. Consistent with this, inV. montana, KEGG enrichment result also support the evidence that the upregulated genes were enriched in this pathway. The hub genes of lignin biosynthesis pathway inV. montanawere further selected and verified using qRT-PCR. Together, our data demonstrated that the remodeling of cell wall inV. montanaroot xylem make primary contributions to decrease theFof-1 infection. Promisingly, the discovery offers an opportunity to explore an effective strategy for breedingFusariumresistant tung oil trees.