Journal
PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue 8, Pages 1329-1337Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12673
Keywords
effectors; nematode development; root-knot nematodes; root penetration
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Funding
- Fonds Europeen de Developpement Economique et Regional (FEDER) through the 'Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade- COMPETE
- national funding through Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) [FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-008722, PTDC/AGR-AAM/103873/2008]
- Instituto do Ambiente, Tecnologia e Vida (IATV)
- FCT-MCTES [SFRH/ BPD/85736/2012]
- POPH-QREN-Tipology -Advance Formation and European Social Fund
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/AGR-AAM/103873/2008] Funding Source: FCT
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Gene silencing using RNAi is a powerful tool for functional analysis of nematode genes and can provide a new strategy for the management of root-knot nematodes. The transcript of the venom allergen-like protein gene (Mhi-vap-1) of Meloidogyne hispanica is localized in the subventral oesophageal gland cells of second-stage juveniles (J2) and the gene is highly transcribed in this developmental nematode stage. The purpose of this study was to assess whether the silencing of the Mhi-vap-1 gene could affect nematode attraction to roots, penetration, development and reproduction in tomato plants. The optimum soaking time to generate silencing of this gene was determined by quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the relative expression of the Mhi-vap-1 gene in the J2 incubated with the soaking solution for 24, 32 and 48h. At 48h, the relative expression of Mhi-vap-1 decreased, which indicates that this period of time is optimum to silence this nematode gene using the RNAi method. Silencing of the Mhi-vap-1 gene interfered with the completion of the nematode life cycle and caused a reduction in nematode attraction to roots, penetration and infection of plants. A small difference in the number of females and galls formed was also observed, which caused a small decrease in the nematode reproduction factor. The use of RNAi silencing of the Meloidogyne effector gene Mhi-vap-1 showed that this gene is important for the plant-nematode interaction during the early events of infection and could be a target gene for anti-nematode strategies.
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