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Vegetable Crops Disease Resistance Mechanism

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2024) | Viewed by 4893

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Wenxing Pang

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College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China
Interests: genetics; gene function; molecular breeding; cytology; omics; disease resistance in brassica
Dr. Mengnan An

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College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang110866, China
Interests: biological control; plant virology; vegetable crop anti-viral agents
Dr. Rishi R. Burlakoti

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Research Scientist-Plant Pathology, Agassiz Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6947 Highway #7, P.O. Box 1000, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0, Canada
Interests: plant pathology; integrated disease management; plant disease epidemiology; host-parasite interaction; population genetics; molecular biology
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Dear Colleagues,

Vegetable diseases seriously threaten growth and yield, and the interactions between vegetables and microbes are very complex. Understanding the mechanisms of disease resistance in vegetables is essential and will play a vital role in vegetable growth and production. This Special Issue will focus on cytological, molecular, and morphological aspects of disease resistance mechanisms of all vegetable crops. Studies revealing the resistance mechanism response to fungi, bacteria, viruses, oomycetes infection, and environment stress through novel or traditional approaches are welcomed.

The main topics of interest are listed below:

  1. Molecular interactions between vegetable crops and pathogens;
  2. Defense responses and defense signal regulation;
  3. Omics approaches to understanding disease resistance mechanism in vegetable crops;
  4. Identification of resistance genes in vegetable crops;
  5. Resistance genes functional analysis;
  6. Vegetable disease management in the genomics era.

Dr. Wenxing Pang
Dr. Mengnan An
Dr. Rishi R. Burlakoti
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • resistance genes
  • resistance mechanism
  • vegetable crops
  • omics approaches
  • plant–pathogen interactions

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CaZingipain2 Acts Positively in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Immunity against R. solanacearum
by Ruijie Wu, Zhen Wu, Yalin Qing, Chenfeng Duan, Yiling Guo, Xujing Zhang, Ronghua Huang, Shuilin He and Ailian Qiu
Plants 2024, 13(18), 2552; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13182552 - 11 Sep 2024
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Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the most important diseases in solanaceous plants, including peppers. It generally tends to be more serious under warm−temperature and moist (WM) conditions than at moist room−temperature (RM) conditions. Although immunity mechanisms at room temperature [...] Read more.
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the most important diseases in solanaceous plants, including peppers. It generally tends to be more serious under warm−temperature and moist (WM) conditions than at moist room−temperature (RM) conditions. Although immunity mechanisms at room temperature have been intensively studied, the mechanisms underlying WM conditions remain poorly understood. Herein, the pepper cysteine protease CaZingipain2 was expressed and functionally characterized in pepper immunity against R. solanacearum at WM conditions and at room temperature. The results showed that CaZingipain2 localized to the nucleus and was upregulated at the transcript level in pepper plants upon R. solanacearum infection under WM conditions (RSWM). Virus−induced gene silencing of CaZingipain2 significantly increased the susceptibility of pepper plants to RSWM, and was coupled with the downregulation of CaPRP1 and CaMgst3, which are specifically related to pepper immunity against RSWM, according to our previous studies, while its overexpression significantly reduced the susceptibility of N. benethamiana plants to RSWM compared to that of wild−type plants. In addition, our data showed that CaZingipain2 also acts positively in pepper immunity against R. solanacearum infection at room temperature by upregulating the SA− and JA−responsive PR genes, including CaNPR1 and CaDEF1. All these results indicate that CaZingipain2 improves pepper immunity against R. solanacearum under WM conditions and at room temperature by regulating different PR genes. Full article
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Transcriptome Analyses Revealed the Wax and Phenylpropanoid Biosynthesis Pathways Related to Disease Resistance in Rootstock-Grafted Cucumber
by Yidan Wang, Ruifang Cao, Lu Yang, Xiaoyu Duan, Can Zhang, Xuejing Yu and Xueling Ye
Plants 2023, 12(16), 2963; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12162963 - 16 Aug 2023
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Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) are a global popular vegetable and are widely planted worldwide. However, cucumbers are susceptible to various infectious diseases such as Fusarium and Verticillium wilt, downy and powdery mildew, and bacterial soft rot, which results in substantial economic losses. [...] Read more.
Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) are a global popular vegetable and are widely planted worldwide. However, cucumbers are susceptible to various infectious diseases such as Fusarium and Verticillium wilt, downy and powdery mildew, and bacterial soft rot, which results in substantial economic losses. Grafting is an effective approach widely used to control these diseases. The present study investigated the role of wax and the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway in black-seed pumpkin rootstock-grafted cucumbers. Our results showed that grafted cucumbers had a significantly higher cuticular wax contents on the fruit surface than that of self-rooted cucumbers at all stages observed. A total of 1132 differently expressed genes (DEGs) were detected in grafted cucumbers compared with self-rooted cucumbers. Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, phenylalanine metabolism, plant circadian rhythm, zeatin biosynthesis, and diterpenoid biosynthesis were significantly enriched. In this study, 1 and 13 genes involved in wax biosynthesis and the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway, respectively, were up-regulated in grafted cucumbers. Our data indicated that the up-regulated genes in the wax and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathways may contribute to disease resistance in rootstock-grafted cucumbers, which provides promising targets for enhancing disease resistance in cucumbers by genetic manipulation. Full article
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CaWRKY50 Acts as a Negative Regulator in Response to Colletotrichum scovillei Infection in Pepper
by Yang Li, Xiao Ma, Luo-Dan Xiao, Ya-Nan Yu, Hui-Ling Yan and Zhen-Hui Gong
Plants 2023, 12(10), 1962; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12101962 - 11 May 2023
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Chili anthracnose is one of the most common and destructive fungal pathogens that affects the yield and quality of pepper. Although WRKY proteins play crucial roles in pepper resistance to a variety of pathogens, the mechanism of their resistance to anthracnose is still [...] Read more.
Chili anthracnose is one of the most common and destructive fungal pathogens that affects the yield and quality of pepper. Although WRKY proteins play crucial roles in pepper resistance to a variety of pathogens, the mechanism of their resistance to anthracnose is still unknown. In this study, we found that CaWRKY50 expression was obviously induced by Colletotrichum scovillei infection and salicylic acid (SA) treatments. CaWRKY50-silencing enhanced pepper resistance to C. scovillei, while transient overexpression of CaWRKY50 in pepper increased susceptibility to C. scovillei. We further found that overexpression of CaWRKY50 in tomatoes significantly decreased resistance to C. scovillei by SA and reactive oxygen species (ROS) signaling pathways. Moreover, CaWRKY50 suppressed the expression of two SA-related genes, CaEDS1 (enhanced disease susceptibility 1) and CaSAMT1 (salicylate carboxymethyltransferase 1), by directly binding to the W-box motif in their promoters. Additionally, we demonstrated that CaWRKY50 interacts with CaWRKY42 and CaMIEL1 in the nucleus. Thus, our findings revealed that CaWRKY50 plays a negative role in pepper resistance to C. scovillei through the SA-mediated signaling pathway and the antioxidant defense system. These results provide a theoretical foundation for molecular breeding of pepper varieties resistant to anthracnose. Full article
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