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Dissection of defense pathways in the grapevine-powdery mildew interaction by employing<br />
Arabidopsis defense-related mutants<br />
W. Qiu* 1 , W. Gassmann 2 , F. Gao 2 , K. Singh 1 , Y. Zhang 1<br />
1 Center for Grapevine Biotechnology, William H. Darr School of Agriculture, Missouri State<br />
University, Mountain Grove, Missouri, USA; 2 Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond<br />
Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri,<br />
USA<br />
*Corresponding author: wenpingqiu@missouristate.edu<br />
The molecular interactions between grapevine <strong>and</strong> the obligate biotrophic fungus Erysiphe<br />
necator have not been understood in depth because of the recalcitrance of grapevine to genetic<br />
modifications. Defense-related mutants have been available for Arabidopsis thaliana, which is<br />
an excellent model for elucidating molecular mechanisms underlying host-pathogen interactions.<br />
Arabidopsis mutants that are susceptible to pathogens provide valuable genetic tools for<br />
grapevine geneticists to identify key components in perception, signal transduction <strong>and</strong><br />
regulatory circuits in the mounting of defense responses in grapevine. We have employed these<br />
mutants to verify the functions of salicylic acid (SA)-mediated defense genes including<br />
Enhanced Disease Susceptibility1 (EDS1) of grapevine, <strong>and</strong> to characterize the functionality of<br />
promoters in response to SA <strong>and</strong> E. necator. In addition, we are using the Arabidopsis npr1-1<br />
mutant to confirm the regulatory role of grapevine NPR1 in the activation of defense-related<br />
genes. With these results, we begin to get a glimpse of molecular events that determine disease<br />
resistance levels in Vitis species native to the North American continent. Our results demonstrate<br />
the utility of Arabidopsis genetic resources in underst<strong>and</strong>ing the genetic mechanism of grapevine<br />
disease resistance. Currently we are applying these mutants in the genetic dissection of grapevine<br />
defense components <strong>and</strong> in verifying the roles of defense-related genes that have been<br />
discovered by functional genomics analysis of grapevine-pathogen interactions.<br />
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