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Title: Cell wall composition profiling of parasitic giant dodder ( C uscuta reflexa ) and its hosts: a priori differences and induced changes

Journal Article · · New Phytologist
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13378· OSTI ID:1401613
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  1. Department of Arctic and Marine Biology Faculty of Biosciences Fisheries and Economics UiT The Arctic University of Norway 9037 Tromsø Norway
  2. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science University of Copenhagen 1871 Frederiksberg Denmark
  3. Department of Plant Biology Cornell University 412 Mann Library Building 14853 Ithaca NY USA

Summary Host plant penetration is the gateway to survival for holoparasitic Cuscuta and requires host cell wall degradation. Compositional differences of cell walls may explain why some hosts are amenable to such degradation while others can resist infection. Antibody‐based techniques for comprehensive profiling of cell wall epitopes and cell wall‐modifying enzymes were applied to several susceptible hosts and a resistant host of Cuscuta reflexa and to the parasite itself. Infected tissue of Pelargonium zonale contained high concentrations of de‐esterified homogalacturonans in the cell walls, particularly adjacent to the parasite's haustoria. High pectinolytic activity in haustorial extracts and high expression levels of pectate lyase genes suggest that the parasite contributes directly to wall remodeling. Mannan and xylan concentrations were low in P. zonale and in five susceptible tomato introgression lines, but high in the resistant Solanum lycopersicum cv M82, and in C. reflexa itself. Knowledge of the composition of resistant host cell walls and the parasite's own cell walls is useful in developing strategies to prevent infection by parasitic plants.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
DE‐SC0006645; EU-ITN 238084; IOS-1339887; SC0006645
OSTI ID:
1401613
Journal Information:
New Phytologist, Journal Name: New Phytologist Vol. 207 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
Wiley-BlackwellCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
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Cited by: 45 works
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Web of Science

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