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10th INTERNATIONAL VERTICILLIUM SYMPOSIUM 16-20 ...

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CHANGES IN ETHYLENE PERCEPTION OF ARABIDOPSISPLANTS LEAD TO DIFFERENTIAL DEFENCE RESPONSESAGAINST <strong>VERTICILLIUM</strong> DAHLIAEI.S. PANTELIDES, S. E. TJAMOS, AND E. J. PAPLOMATASDepartment of Plant Pathology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 118 55 Athens,GreeceThe defence components of Arabidopsis thaliana plants against Verticilliumdahliae were explored by the responses of mutant plants impaired in known pathogenresponse pathways. Pathogenicity tests of mutant plants revealed enhanced resistancein etr1-1 [ethylene (ET) receptor mutant] plants, but not in salicylic acid-, jasmonicacid or other ET-deficient mutants, indicating a crucial role of ETR1 in defenceagainst V. dahliae. Quantitative Real-time PCR analysis revealed that the decrease insymptom severity shown in etr1-1 plants was associated with significant reductions inthe growth of the pathogen in the vascular tissues of the plants, suggesting thatimpaired perception of ET via ETR1 results in increased disease resistance.Furthermore, the extent of V. dahliae growth within the vascular tissues of plants wasdetermined to be positively correlated with disease severity. Microarrays and RealtimePCR analysis of the expression levels of defence related genes, revealeddifferential transcriptional changes of the etr1-1 compared to wild-type and ein4 (ETreceptor mutant) plants, in response to V. dahliae infection. The activation andincreased accumulation of the PR-1, PR-2, PR-5, GSTF12, GSTU<strong>16</strong>, CHI-1, CHI-2and Myb75 genes, observed in etr1-1 plants after V. dahliae inoculation, indicate thatthe defence response of etr1-1 plants is dependent on a set of defence genes activatedupon pathogen attack.37

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