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IMC7 Main Congress Theme V: CELL BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY Posters<br />

1189 - Expression studies <strong>of</strong> plant genes differentially<br />

expressed in leaf and root tissue <strong>of</strong> arbuscular<br />

mycorrhizal (AM) fungal colonised tomato plants<br />

J. Taylor & L.A. Harrier *<br />

Scottish Agricultural College, Kings Buildings, West Mains<br />

Road, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, U.K. - E-mail:<br />

l.harrier@ed.sac.ac.uk<br />

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi <strong>of</strong> the unique phylum<br />

Glomeromycetes are a multifaceted group <strong>of</strong> mutualistic<br />

symbionts that are common to terrestrial ecosystems. The<br />

interaction between AM fungi and plant root systems is <strong>of</strong><br />

environmental and agronomic importance. Understanding<br />

the molecular changes within the host plant upon AM<br />

fungal colonisation is a pre-requisite to a greater<br />

understanding <strong>of</strong> the mechanisms underlying the<br />

interaction. Differential mRNA display was conducted on<br />

leaf tissue <strong>of</strong> tomato plants colonised and non-colonised by<br />

the AM fungus Glomus mosseae and five putative<br />

differentially regulated cDNAs were identified. All cDNAs<br />

isolated shared high sequence similarity to known plant<br />

genes. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR was used to establish<br />

gene expression patterns for all five clones within leaf and<br />

root tissue <strong>of</strong> mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal colonised<br />

tomato plants. Differential regulation was observed for all<br />

five cDNAs. Down-regulation within the leaf tissue <strong>of</strong><br />

mycorrhizal plants was observed for 4 out <strong>of</strong> the 5 cDNAs<br />

with an up-regulation observed only for one. Tissue<br />

specific regulation was observed for several cDNAs, with<br />

down-regulation observed in mycorrhizal leaf tissue and<br />

up-regulation observed within mycorrhizal root tissue as<br />

compared to non-mycorrhizal tissue. We thank the Scottish<br />

Executive Environmental Rural Affairs Division<br />

(SEERAD) for financial support.<br />

1190 - Application <strong>of</strong> AFLP markers to genetic study <strong>of</strong><br />

an edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes: strain typing,<br />

genetic diversity, and genetic linkage map<br />

K. Terashima 1* , T. Matsumoto 2 , E. Hayashi 3 & Y.<br />

Fukumasa-Nakai 2<br />

1 Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST),<br />

Honmachi 4-1-8, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan. -<br />

2 The Tottori <strong>Mycological</strong> Institute, Kokoge211, Tottori,<br />

689-1125, Japan. - 3 Forest Tree Breeding Center, Ishi,<br />

Juo, Taga, Ibaraki 319-1301, Japan. - E-mail:<br />

ktera@hal.ne.jp<br />

Lentinula edodes (shiitake) is one <strong>of</strong> the most popular<br />

edible mushrooms in east Asia (Japan, Korea and China). It<br />

is desirable to establish efficient breeding systems <strong>of</strong> this<br />

mushroom using molecular markers. In this study, we<br />

evaluated the usefulness <strong>of</strong> amplified fragment length<br />

polymorphism (AFLP) as genetic marker in L. edodes.<br />

Strain typing and genetic diversity: Six AFLP primer pairs<br />

reproducibly detected 179 polymorphic DNA fragments<br />

among 15 strains <strong>of</strong> L. edodes currently used for cultivation<br />

in Japan. These markers could differentiate all <strong>of</strong> the<br />

strains. Cluster analysis and principle coordinates analysis<br />

based on AFLP data revealed two groups which<br />

corresponded to those categorized on their fruiting season<br />

types. Genetic linkage map: A medium-dense genetic<br />

linkage map <strong>of</strong> L. edodes was constructed based on 203<br />

AFLP markers and two mating type factors. The<br />

segregation <strong>of</strong> these markers was generated from 95<br />

progeny <strong>of</strong> a single cross <strong>of</strong> two distantly related L. edodes<br />

strains. Segregation analysis showed that the map consisted<br />

<strong>of</strong> 11 linkage groups, and the total genetic distance <strong>of</strong> the<br />

map was 1956.7cM. The average rate <strong>of</strong> physical size to<br />

genetic distance could be roughly estimated to be less than<br />

18.4 kb/cM, which is low compared to the values obtained<br />

for other filamentous fungi. Seventeen <strong>of</strong> the AFLP<br />

markers showed highly distorted segregation ratios (χ 2<br />

values ≥ 6.63; P ≤ 0.01), and many <strong>of</strong> these were located in<br />

LG II (6 markers) and IV (6 markers).<br />

1191 - pH optimization <strong>of</strong> AM symbiosis with Glomus<br />

intraradices and carrot transformed roots in vitro<br />

P. Tiwari 1* , U.G. Reddy 1 , A. Prakash 2 & A. Adholeya 1<br />

1<br />

Centre for Mycorrhizal research, Tata Energy Research,<br />

Institute, Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003,<br />

2<br />

India. - School <strong>of</strong> Biotechnology, Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Microbiology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal,Madhya<br />

Pradesh, India. - E-mail: pragati@teri.res.in<br />

AM fungi Glomus intraradices was introduced on M media<br />

with different pH regimes ranging from pH 4 to pH 13 in<br />

vitro. The symbiosis was found to express differently over<br />

the acid and alkaline range. The investigation was directed<br />

to study the difference in expression <strong>of</strong> AM fungi in terms<br />

<strong>of</strong> inter and intraradical spread, spore formation, mycelial<br />

and root biomass along with nutritional uptake in roots. pH<br />

8 was observed to be more supportive to maximum AMF<br />

symbiosis, also supporting maximum root biomass. pH 9<br />

supported more vegetative proliferation <strong>of</strong> the fungus. An<br />

increasing trend was observed in mycorrhizal colonization<br />

percentage (MCP) from pH 4 to 13. The study is significant<br />

in optimizing parameters responsible for optimum<br />

symbiosis and exploit its potential in mass inoculum<br />

production.<br />

1192 - Comparative symbiotic events <strong>of</strong> various coal ash<br />

amendments in vitro on AM fungi Glomus intraradices<br />

and Ri T-DNA transformed carrot roots<br />

P. Tiwari 1* , U.G. Reddy 1 , A. Prakash 2 & A. Adholeya 1<br />

1<br />

Centre for mycorrhizal research, Tata Energy Research<br />

Insitute, Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi, 110003,<br />

2<br />

India. - School <strong>of</strong> Biotechnology, Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Microbiology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya<br />

Pradesh, India. - E-mail: pragati@teri.res.in<br />

<strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> 361

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