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Hyphopodium-Specific Signaling Is Required for Plant Infection by Verticillium dahliae

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JOURNAL OF FUNGI
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof9040484

Keywords

fungal pathogens; Verticillium dahliae; colonization; hyphopodia; penetration peg

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For successful colonization, fungal pathogens have evolved specialized infection structures. This study focused on Verticillium dahliae and its colonization process on eggplants. The formation of hyphopodium with penetration peg was found to be crucial for initial colonization, suggesting a similarity in the colonization processes on eggplant and cotton. The VdNoxB/VdPls1-dependent Ca2+ elevation activating VdCrz1 signaling was identified as a common genetic pathway to regulate infection-related development in V. dahliae.
For successful colonization, fungal pathogens have evolved specialized infection structures to overcome the barriers present in host plants. The morphology of infection structures and pathogenic mechanisms are diverse according to host specificity. Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne phytopathogenic fungus, generates hyphopodium with a penetration peg on cotton roots while developing appressoria, that are typically associated with leaf infection on lettuce and fiber flax roots. In this study, we isolated the pathogenic fungus, V. dahliae (Vda(Sm)), from Verticillium wilt eggplants and generated a GFP-labeled isolate to explore the colonization process of Vda(Sm) on eggplants. We found that the formation of hyphopodium with penetration peg is crucial for the initial colonization of Vda(Sm) on eggplant roots, indicating that the colonization processes on eggplant and cotton share a similar feature. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the VdNoxB/VdPls1-dependent Ca2+ elevation activating VdCrz1 signaling is a common genetic pathway to regulate infection-related development in V. dahliae. Our results indicated that VdNoxB/VdPls1-dependent pathway may be a desirable target to develop effective fungicides, to protect crops from V. dahliae infection by interrupting the formation of specialized infection structures.

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