title: Comparative genome-wide transcriptome analysis of Vitis vinifera responses to adapted and non-adapted strains of two-spotted spider mite, Tetranyhus urticae.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, is an extreme generalist plant pest. Even though mites can feed on many plant species, local mite populations form host races that do not perform equally well on all potential hosts. An acquisition of the ability to evade plant defenses is fundamental for mite's ability to use a particular plant as a host. Thus, understanding the interactions between the plant and mites with different host adaptation status allows the identification of functional plant defenses and ways mites can evolve to avoid them.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The grapevine genome-wide transcriptional responses to spider mite strains that are non-adapted and adapted to grapevine as a host were examined. Comparative transcriptome analysis of grapevine responses to these mite strains identified the existence of weak responses induced by the feeding of the non-adapted strain. In contrast, strong but ineffective induced defenses were triggered upon feeding of the adapted strain. A comparative meta-analysis of Arabidopsis, tomato and grapevine responses to mite feeding identified a core of 36 highly conserved genes involved in the perception, regulation and metabolism that were commonly induced in all three species by mite herbivory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study describes the genome-wide grapevine transcriptional responses to herbivory of mite strains that differ in their ability to use grapevine as a host. It raises hypotheses whose testing will lead to our understanding of grapevine defenses and mite adaptations to them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada. josediazriquelme@gmail.com.|Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. josediazriquelme@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz-Riquelme
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada. vzhurov2@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zhurov
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada. criojall@uwo.ca.|Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. criojall@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rioja
authors.affiliation: University of La Rioja, 26006, Logroño, Spain. ignacio.perez@unirioja.es.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pérez-Moreno
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. rafael.torres@icvv.es.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torres-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. jerome.grimplet@icvv.es.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grimplet
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. pablo.carbonell@icvv.es.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carbonell-Bejerano
authors.affiliation: Department of Crop Protection, Ghent University, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. S.A.Bajda@uva.nl.|Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. S.A.Bajda@uva.nl.
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bajda
authors.affiliation: Department of Crop Protection, Ghent University, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. Thomas.VanLeeuwen@UGent.be.|Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Thomas.VanLeeuwen@UGent.be.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van Leeuwen
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. zapater@icvv.es.
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez-Zapater
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada. mgrbic@uwo.ca.|Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. mgrbic@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Miodrag
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grbic
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON, N6A5B7, Canada. vgrbic@uwo.ca.|Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino, 26006, Logroño, Spain. vgrbic@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Vojislava
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grbic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D040102:Tetranychidae / Q000502:physiology*; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000235:genetics*; D027843:Vitis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology*