title: Microarray analyses during early stage of the tomato/Alternaria solani interaction.
abstract: Tomato early blight is an important threat and it has capacity to reduce the production in all major tomato producing areas. Molecular mechanism underlying the resistance against this is not well known. Therefore we studied this system to search the possible mechanism of resistance, which includes pathogenesis related protein, and pathways and transcription factors, which are responsible for resistance against this pathogen using affymetrix gene chip for tomato. Their differential expressions have enhanced the biochemical and other related products, which have, direct or indirect role in stopping the penetration of mycelia in the host plant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India ; Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, India ; Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Upadhyay
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, India.
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi 221 305, India.
authors.forename: Major
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
authors.forename: Brajesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sinha
keywords: Affymetrix; Differential expression; Early blight; Resistance; Tomato