Fungal effector genes involved in the suppression of chitin signaling as novel targets for the control of powdery mildew disease via a nontransgenic RNA interference approach
2025
Bakhat, Nisrine | Jiménez-Sánchez, Alejandro | Ruiz-Jiménez, Laura | Padilla-Roji, Isabel | Velasco, Leonardo | Pérez-García, Alejandro | Fernández-Ortuño, Dolores | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Chitin is a crucial component of fungal cell walls and an effective elicitor of plant immunity; however, phytopathogenic fungi have developed virulence mechanisms to counteract the activation of this plant defensive response. In this study, the molecular mechanism of chitin-induced suppression through effectors involved in chitin deacetylases (CDAs) and their degradation (EWCAs) was investigated with the idea of developing novel dsRNA-biofungicides to control the cucurbit powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii.
Show more [+] Less [-]This study was funded by the PDC2021-121373-C21 and PID2022-136240OB-C21/MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FED ER, UE projects
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