Article
Friend or foe: differential responses of rice to invasion by mutualistic or pathogenic fungi revealed by RNAseq and metabolite profiling.
Scientific reports - 8 Sept 2015
Xu Xi-Hui, Wang Chen, Li Shu-Xian, Su Zhen-Zhu, Zhou Hui-Na, Mao Li-Juan, Feng Xiao-Xiao, Liu Ping-Ping, Chen Xia, Hugh Snyder John, Kubicek Christian P, Zhang Chu-Long, Lin Fu-Cheng
Abstract excerpt
The rice endophyte Harpophora oryzae shares a common pathogenic ancestor with the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Direct comparison of the interactions between a single plant species and two closely-related (1) pathogenic and (2) mutualistic fungi species can improve our understanding of the evolution of the interactions between plants and fungi that lead to either mutualistic or pathogenic interactions....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.