Transcriptome profiling of the response of Mycosphaerella graminicola isolates to an azole fungicide using cDNA microarrays

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Cools, H. J., Fraaije, B. A., Bean, T. P., Antoniw, J. F. and Lucas, J. A. 2007. Transcriptome profiling of the response of Mycosphaerella graminicola isolates to an azole fungicide using cDNA microarrays. Molecular Plant Pathology. 8 (5), pp. 639-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1364-3703.2007.00411.X

AuthorsCools, H. J., Fraaije, B. A., Bean, T. P., Antoniw, J. F. and Lucas, J. A.
Abstract

Resistance to azole antifungals is a major problem in the control of diseases caused by fungal pathogens of both humans and plants. Potential for the development of azole resistance in the wheat leaf blotch pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola, the causal agent of the most economically significant foliar disease of wheat in north-western Europe, is now of particular concern after the recent emergence of widespread resistance to quinone outside inhibitor fungicides. Using a cDNA microarray representing around 25% of the genome, we have profiled the transcriptional response of M. graminicola to epoxiconazole, currently the most widely used azole fungicide on cereal crops. By comparing the transcription profiles of two M. graminicola isolates with contrasting sensitivities to epoxiconazole we show qualitative and quantitative differences in differentially expressed genes, including those involved in ergosterol biosynthesis, mitochondrial respiration and transport mechanisms. This represents the first study investigating the response of a plant pathogenic fungus to a fungicide using cDNA microarray technology.

KeywordsPlant Sciences
Year of Publication2007
JournalMolecular Plant Pathology
Journal citation8 (5), pp. 639-651
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1364-3703.2007.00411.X
PubMed ID20507527
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeCentre for Sustainable Pest and Disease Management (PDM)
Project: 4550
Understanding the evolution and dynamics of fungicide resistance development in cereal pathogens
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
ISSN1464-6722

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