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Systems Biology of Plant–Microbe Interactions

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2627

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Dr. M. Shahid Mukhtar

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Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Interests: systems biology; network science; functional genomics; bioinformatics; deep/machine learning using animal and plant models
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Dear Colleagues,

Systems biology, a holistic approach, seeks to recognize the complexity of molecular events, signaling pathways, and cellular processes by harnessing the power of a wide range of omics as well as diverse disciplines including mathematics and computer science. This “top-down” strategy has been at the forefront of novel discoveries by integrating varied omics approaches that qualitatively and quantitatively measure diverse systems’ components, such as genes, RNAs, proteins, etc. With significant advances in such omics technologies, plant systems biology offers new perspectives on the complex interactions between plants and their pathogenic and beneficial microbes. Understanding the intricacy of plant–pathogen interactions may provide new insights into engineering durable and broad-spectrum disease resistance crops. Moreover, the knowledge gained through global microbiome and metagenomic studies can be applied to a wide spectrum of crop plants to improve agricultural production.

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Genetic Loci of Plant Pathogenic Dickeya solani IPO 2222 Expressed in Contact with Weed-Host Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara L.) Plants
by Robert Czajkowski, Dorota M. Krzyżanowska, Daryna Sokolova, Łukasz Rąbalski, Maciej Kosiński, Sylwia Jafra and Aleksandra Królicka
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(5), 2794; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052794 - 28 Feb 2024
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Dickeya solani, belonging to the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae, are aggressive necrotrophs, exhibiting both a wide geographic distribution and a wide host range that includes many angiosperm orders, both dicot and monocot plants, cultivated under all climatic conditions. Little is known about [...] Read more.
Dickeya solani, belonging to the Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae, are aggressive necrotrophs, exhibiting both a wide geographic distribution and a wide host range that includes many angiosperm orders, both dicot and monocot plants, cultivated under all climatic conditions. Little is known about the infection strategies D. solani employs to infect hosts other than potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Our earlier study identified D. solani Tn5 mutants induced exclusively by the presence of the weed host S. dulcamara. The current study assessed the identity and virulence contribution of the selected genes mutated by the Tn5 insertions and induced by the presence of S. dulcamara. These genes encode proteins with functions linked to polyketide antibiotics and polysaccharide synthesis, membrane transport, stress response, and sugar and amino acid metabolism. Eight of these genes, encoding UvrY (GacA), tRNA guanosine transglycosylase Tgt, LPS-related WbeA, capsular biosynthesis protein VpsM, DltB alanine export protein, glycosyltransferase, putative transcription regulator YheO/PAS domain-containing protein, and a hypothetical protein, were required for virulence on S. dulcamara plants. The implications of D. solani interaction with a weed host, S. dulcamara, are discussed. Full article
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Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Toxigenic Fusarium asiaticum Integrating Recombinase Polymerase Amplification, CRISPR/Cas12a, and Lateral Flow Techniques
by Jun Zhang, Xiaoyan Liang, Hao Zhang, Shumila Ishfaq, Kaifei Xi, Xueping Zhou, Xiuling Yang and Wei Guo
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24(18), 14134; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241814134 - 15 Sep 2023
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a global cereal disease caused by a complex of Fusarium species. Both Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are the causal agents of FHB in China. F. asiaticum is the predominant species in the Middle–Lower Reaches of the Yangtze [...] Read more.
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a global cereal disease caused by a complex of Fusarium species. Both Fusarium graminearum and F. asiaticum are the causal agents of FHB in China. F. asiaticum is the predominant species in the Middle–Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River (MLRYR) and southwest China. Therefore, detecting F. asiaticum in a timely manner is crucial for controlling the disease and preventing mycotoxins from entering the food chain. Here, we combined rapid genomic DNA extraction, recombinase polymerase amplification, Cas12a cleavage, and lateral flow detection techniques to develop a method for the rapid detection of F. asiaticum. The reaction conditions were optimized to provide a rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective method for F. asiaticum detection. The optimized method demonstrated exceptional specificity in detecting F. asiaticum while not detecting any of the 14 other Fusarium strains and 3 non-Fusarium species. Additionally, it could detect F. asiaticum DNA at concentrations as low as 20 ag/μL, allowing for the diagnosis of F. asiaticum infection in maize and wheat kernels even after 3 days of inoculation. The developed assay will provide an efficient and robust detection platform to accelerate plant pathogen detection. Full article
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