title: Simplified Assays for Evaluation of Resistance to Alternaria brassicicola and Turnip Mosaic Virus.
abstract: Studying the natural defense mechanisms developed by model plants such as Arabidopsis is an important approach towards the improvement of crop species. The availability of mutants as well as the relative easiness to silence any gene in Arabidopsis provides an invaluable source of genotypes that can be used to discover new elements involved in the defense response. Here we describe simple and reliable methods to evaluate susceptibility/resistance to the pathogenic fungus Alternaria brassicicola and the viral pathogen Turnip mosaic virus.
authors.affiliation: Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Hartley Teakle Building 83, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Trusov
authors.affiliation: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Ralf G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Dietzgen
authors.affiliation: Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Hartley Teakle Building 83, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Natsumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.affiliation: Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Hartley Teakle Building 83, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. j.botella@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jose R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Botella
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060467:Disease Resistance; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D010641:Phenotype; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology*; D017800:Potyvirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Alternaria brassicicola; Arabidopsis; Disease resistance; Plant defense; Turnip mosaic virus