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Basidiospores of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici succeed to infect barberry, while Urediniospores are blocked by non-host resistance

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Stripe rust (Yellow rust) caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) is a major disease of wheat worldwide. The use of resistant cultivars to control Pst has been very effective, low-cost, and ecologically sound. However, virulence patterns of Pst can quickly change, which may render resistant cultivars susceptible. The discovery of infection of Berberis spp. by basidiospores of Pst in 2010 raised important concerns about the evolution of new virulent races of the pathogen. Little is known about the infection process of Berberis spp. by basidiospores of Pst and the interaction between Berberis spp. and asexual urediniospores. In this study, the interaction between Pst urediniospores and Berberis spp. was investigated at histological and cytological levels. Our results indicate that Berberis spp. expresses a continuum of layered defenses comprised of structural and chemical changes in the cell wall as well as post-haustorial hypersensitive responses to urediniospore infection. Our study also re-examines in detail the infection process of Pst basidiospores on Berberis spp. and provides useful information for further research on the molecular mechanisms governing the interaction between Berberis spp. and Pst.

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Acknowledgements

This study has been financially supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2013CB127700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31371889), Research Fund for the Doctoral program of Higher Education of China (20130204110001), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-12-0471), and the 111 Project from the Ministry of Education of China (B07049). The authors thank Professor Larry Dunkle from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service at Purdue University, USA, for critical reading of the manuscript.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

    Min Jiao, Chenglong Tan, Long Wang, Jia Guo, Zhensheng Kang & Jun Guo

  2. State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China

    Hongchang Zhang

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JuG and ZK designed experiments; MJ performed the experiments; CT and LW analyzed the data; HZ and JiG joined the discussion and gave the original ideas; and MJ, JuG, and ZK wrote the paper.

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Jiao, M., Tan, C., Wang, L. et al. Basidiospores of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici succeed to infect barberry, while Urediniospores are blocked by non-host resistance. Protoplasma 254, 2237–2246 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-017-1114-z

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