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Establishment of Actinorhizal Symbiosis in Response to Ethylene, Salicylic Acid, and Jasmonate

  • Mariama Ngom
  • Maimouna Cissoko
  • Krystelle Gray
  • Valérie Hocher
  • Laurent Laplaze
  • Mame Ourèye Sy
  • Sergio Svistoonoff
  • Antony ChampionEmail author
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Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series (MIMB, volume 2085)

Abstract

Phytohormones play a crucial role in regulating plant developmental processes. Among them, ethylene and jasmonate are known to be involved in plant defense responses to a wide range of biotic stresses as their levels increase with pathogen infection. In addition, these two phytohormones have been shown to inhibit plant nodulation in legumes. Here, exogenous salicylic acid (SA), jasmonate acid (JA), and ethephon (ET) were applied to the root system of Casuarina glauca plants before Frankia inoculation, in order to analyze their effects on the establishment of actinorhizal symbiosis. This protocol further describes how to identify putative ortholog genes involved in ethylene and jasmonate biosynthesis and/or signaling pathways in plant, using the Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), Legume Information System (LIS), and Genevestigator databases. The expression of these genes in response to the bacterium Frankia was analyzed using the gene atlas for Casuarina–Frankia symbiosis (SESAM web site).

Key words

Ethylene Jasmonate Actinorhizal symbiosis Frankia Casuarina glauca 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported, in part, by the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) through the interregional doctoral college in food and plant biotechnology (CD-BIOVEGAGRO) and grants from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch 022821) and USDA AFRI (A1151 2014-03765). M. Ngom was supported by the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche du Sénégal, national grant (MERS), the Word Federation of Scientists, research allowance (WFS), and the ARTS, PhD grant (IRD).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mariama Ngom
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  • Maimouna Cissoko
    • 1
    • 2
  • Krystelle Gray
    • 1
  • Valérie Hocher
    • 4
  • Laurent Laplaze
    • 5
  • Mame Ourèye Sy
    • 1
    • 3
  • Sergio Svistoonoff
    • 1
    • 2
    • 4
  • Antony Champion
    • 5
    Email author
  1. 1.Laboratoire Mixte International Adaptation des Plantes et Microorganismes Associés aux Stress EnvironnementauxCentre de Recherche de Bel-AirDakarSenegal
  2. 2.Laboratoire Commun de Microbiologie, Centre de Recherche de Bel-AirInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement/Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles/Université Cheikh Anta DiopDakarSenegal
  3. 3.Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et TechniquesUniversité Cheikh Anta DiopDakar-FannSenegal
  4. 4.Laboratoire des Symbioses Tropicales et MéditerranéennesInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement/INRA/CIRAD/Université Montpellier/SupagroMMontpellierFrance
  5. 5.UMR DIADE - IRDMontpellierFrance

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