====== Plant Resistance Genes in Poplar (//Populus// spp.) against //Xanthomonas// Infection ====== Author: Noemi Casarin\\ Internal reviewer: [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavel_Beran2|Pavel Beran]] ===== Pathogen: //Xanthomonas populi// pv. //populi// ===== ==== Resistance synthetic gene: //D4E1// ==== === Synonyms === //NA// === Source === Transgenic hybrid poplar //Populus tremula// L. x //Populus alba// L., line Tr23 (Mentag //et al.//, 2003). === Status (identified, mapped, cloned, sequenced) === Cloned in the plasmid pBI-d35S-D4E1-nos (Cary //et al.//, 2000) and in the plasmid ubi7-D4E1 (Mentag //et al.//, 2003). === Molecular markers === * PCR analysis of genomic DNA with specific primers to verify that the ubi7-D4E1-nos expression cassette is present in the plant genome of transgenic poplar clones (Mentag //et al.//, 2003); * Expression of //D4E1// tested by RT-PCR and RNA dot-blot analysis (Mentag //et al.//, 2003). === Brief description === A synthetic gene coding for D4E1 (Cary //et al.//, 2000), which is a synthetic antimicrobial peptide consisting of 17 amino acid residues (Demeter BioTechnologies, Ltd.) (De Lucca //et al.//, 1998). Mentag //et al.// (2003) observed reduced symptoms on one D4E1-transgenic poplar line (Tr23) in response to //X. populi// pv. //populi// two months after its inoculation compared with control plants (Figure 1). These reduced symptoms correlated with the presence of large amount of the D4E1 transcript in Tr23 (Mentag //et al.//, 2003). ---- ==== Pathogen elicitors ==== * Crude elicitors from //X. campestris// pv//. campestris// strain 147 * Crude elicitors from //X. populi// pv. //populi// strain 2551 ---- ==== Genes involved in defense ==== //MAPK// genes (Hamel //et al.//, 2005; Duplessis //et al.//, 2009). === Synonyms === //NA// === Source === Hybrid poplar cell suspension cultures of //Populus trichocarpa// x //Populus deltoides// H11-11 (Dr. M. Gordon, University of Washington, Seattle, WA) (Hamel //et al.//, 2005). === Status (identified, mapped, cloned, sequenced) === //NA// === Molecular markers === Expression of //MAPK// genes tested by in-gel kinase assay (Hamel //et al.//, 2005). === Brief description === Perception of a mix of various elicitors from both bacterial strains (which can be quite specific but for which the specific poplar R-genes for //Xanthomonas// spp. are unknown) activated two MAPKs of about 44 and 47 kD, probably of ERK-type. The MAPKs are then activating plant defense mechanisms (Hamel //et al.//, 2005). ---- ==== Resistance gene: Unknown ==== === Synonyms === //NA// === Source === * //P. nigra//: good resistance (Pinon & Valadon, 1995). * Hybrid //P.// x //euramericana// (parental species: //P. deltoides// and //P. nigra//): different susceptibility behaviors depending on the cultivars (Pinon & Valadon, 1995). * //P. trichocarpa//: good resistance (Pinon & Valadon, 1995). * Hybrid //P. trichocarpa// x //P. deltoides//: good resistance (Pinon & Valadon, 1995). * //P. alba//: generally good resistance (Pinon & Valadon, 1995). > See Table 1 for resistant cultivars found in literature. === Status (identified, mapped, cloned, sequenced) === //NA// === Molecular markers === Morphological markers. === Brief description === Resistant species or cultivars are determined by field observations or by controlled mechanical inoculations of the pathogen into the plants. A literature synthesis of the susceptibility of main European cultivars to //X. populi// pv. //populi// was made by Pinon & Valadon in 1995. **Table 1: Main European resistant cultivars to //X. populi//, according to the literature synthesis of Pinon & Valadon (1995).** ^ //P. nigra// ^ //P.// x //euramericana// ^ //P//. //trichocarpa// ^ //P. trichocarpa// x //P. deltoides// ^ | **cv. Ankum** (Anonymous, 1982a) | **cv. Agathe F** (Anonymous, 1982a; Ride & Ride, 1993; Koster, 1972; Viart, 1972) | **cv. Blom** (Anonymous, 1982a; Ride & Ride, 1993; Koster, 1972) | **cv. Beaupré** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Soulères, 1982a; Soulères, 1982b) | | **cv. Brandaris** (Anonymous, 1982a) | **cv. Bietigheim** (Albrecht & Boden, 1988 | **cv. Columbia River** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Albrecht & Böden, 1988; Soulères, 1982a; Soulères, 1982b; Janssen, 1989; Kechel & Böden, 1985) | **cv. Hunnegem** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | **cv. Loenen** (Anonymous, 1982b) | **cv. BL Costanzo** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | **cv. Fritzi Pauley** (Anonymous, 1982a; Ride & Ride, 1993; Koster, 1972; Albrecht & Böden, 1988; Kolster, 1967; Janssen, 1989) | **cv. Raspalje** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | **cv. Schoorldam** (Anonymous, 1982a) | **cv. Bleu d’Exaerde** (Kolster, 1967) | **cv. Scott Pauley** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Albrecht & Böden, 1988) | **cv. Unal** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Soulères 1982a; Soulères, 1982b | | **cv. Vereecken** (Anonymous, 1982b; Ride & Ride, 1993) | **cv. Boccalari** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | **cv. Trichobel** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Soulères, 1982b) | | | **cv. Wolterson** (Anonymous, 1982a) | **cv. Büchig** (Albrecht & Boden, 1988) | | | | | **cv. Campeador** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Dolomiten** (Albrecht & Böden, 1988) | | | | | **cv. Gaver** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Ghoy** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Soulères, 1982a; Soulères, 1982b) | | | | | **cv. Gibecq** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. I214** (Anonymous, 1982b; Ride & Ride, 1993; Albrecht & Boden, 1988; Kolster, 1967; Janssen, 1989) | | | | | **cv. I455** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Isières** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Koster** (de Vries, 1987) | | | | | **cv. Lampertheim** (Albrecht & Böden, 1988) | | | | | **cv. Ogy** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Ostia** (Ride & Ride, 1993; Albrecht & Böden, 1988) | | | | | **cv. Primo** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Rintheim** (Albrecht & Böden, 1988) | | | | | **cv. Serotina de Selys** (Ride & Ride, 1993) | | | | | **cv. Spijk** (Anonymous, 1982a; Koster, 1972) | | | ---- ===== References ===== Albrecht J, Böden E (1988). Zur Krankheitsanfälligkeit von zugelassenen Pappelklonen der Sektionen Aigeiros und Tacamahaca. Holzzucht 42: 25-29. Anonymous (1982a). Populierengids n°1. Wageningen, the Netherlands, 39 p. Anonymous (1982b). Populierengids n°2. Wageningen, the Netherlands, 40 p. Cary JW, Rajasekaran K, Jaynes JM, Cleveland TE (2000). 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Fr. 24: 293-294. ---- ===== Further reading ===== Nesme X,Steenackers M, Steenackers V, Picard C, Ménard M, Ridé S, Ridé M (1994). Differential host-pathogen interactions among clones of poplar and strains of //Xanthomonas populi// pv. //populi//. Phytopathology 81: 101-107. PDF: [[https://www.apsnet.org/publications/phytopathology/backissues/Documents/1994Abstracts/Phyto_84_101.htm|www.apsnet.org/publications/phytopathology/backissues/Documents/1994Abstracts/Phyto_84_101.htm]] ---- ===== Acknowledgements ===== This fact sheet is based upon work from COST Action CA16107 EuroXanth, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).