The Role of ABA in the Interaction between Citrus Fruit and Penicillium digitatum

Abscisic acid (ABA) protects citrus fruit against Penicillium digitatum infection. The global mechanisms involved in the role of ABA in the P. digitatum-citrus fruit interaction are unknown. Here, we determine the transcriptome differences between the Navelate (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) orange and its ABA-deficient mutant Pinalate, which is less resistant to infection. Low ABA levels may affect both the constitutive mechanisms that protect citrus fruit against P. digitatum and early responses to infection. The repression of terpenoid, phenylpropanoid and glutation metabolism; of oxidation-reduction processes; and of processes related to the defense response to fungus and plant hormone signal transduction may be one part of the constitutive defense reduced in the mutant against P. digitatum. Our results also provide potential targets for developing P. digitatum-citrus fruit-resistant varieties. Of those up-regulated by ABA, a thaumatin protein and a bifunctional inhibitor/LTP, which are relevant in plant immunity, were particularly remarkable. It is also worth highlighting chlorophyllase 1 (CLH1), induced by infection in Pinalate, and the OXS3 gene, which was down-regulated by ABA, because the absence of OXS3 activates ABA-responsive genes in plants.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Lafuente, María Teresa, González-Candelas, Luis
Other Authors:	Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022-12-13
Subjects:	Abscisic acid (ABA), Fungal disease, Green mold, Postharvest rots, Transcriptomic profiling,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/287082 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003359 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85144567260
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