Journal
MYCORRHIZA
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 623-635Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00572-019-00915-0
Keywords
Medicago sativa; Acyrthosiphon pisum; Rhizophagus intraradices; RNA-Seq
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- China Modern Agriculture Research System [CARS-22]
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Pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) are one of the most important insect pests of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are important microorganisms of the agroecosystem that promote plant growth and improve plant resistance to abiotic and biotic stress. Little information is available on AM fungi-regulated defense responses of alfalfa to pea aphids. To better understand how alfalfa responds and to evaluate the impact of an AM fungus on aphid infestation, transcriptome sequencing was done and physiological parameters were analyzed. Our experiments showed that Rhizophagus intraradices can regulate plant response to aphids by promoting growth and increasing plant peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) activities and salicylic acid (SA) concentration after aphid infestation. Transcriptome analysis showed that R. intraradices increased the expression of resistance-related genes, such as WRKY transcription factor and Kunitz trypsin inhibitor. Additionally, GO terms chitinase activity, peroxidase activity, defense response, and response to biotic stimulus, and KEGG pathways phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and phenylalanine metabolism were significantly enriched in mycorrhizal fungus-inoculated plants and aphid-infested plants. These findings will improve our understanding about the impact of this AM fungus on alfalfa response to aphid feeding and will provide the basis for further research on plant defense against aphids.
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