Naresh Babu Prathi, Chagamreddy Venkata Durga Rani, Vellaisamy Prakasam, Yeshala Chandra Mohan, Gandikota Mahendranath, G. K. Sri Vidya, C. N. Neeraja, Raman Meenakshi Sundaram, Satendra K. Mangrauthia
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Abstract
Sheath blight disease of rice caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG1-IA, is a major fungal disease responsible for huge loss to grain yield and quality. The major limitation of achieving persistent and reliable resistance against R. solani is the governance of disease resistance trait by many genes. Therefore, functional characterization of new genes involved in sheath blight resistance is necessary to understand the mechanism of resistance as well as evolving effective strategies to manage the disease through host-plant resistance. In this study, we performed RNA sequencing of six diverse rice genotypes (TN1, BPT5204, Vandana, N22, Tetep, and Pankaj) from sheath and leaf tissue of control and fungal infected samples. The approach for identification of candidate resistant genes led to identification of 352 differentially expressed genes commonly present in all the six genotypes. 23 genes were analyzed for RT-qPCR expression which helped identification of Oschib1 showing differences in expression level in a time-course manner between susceptible and resistant genotypes. The Oschib1 encoding classIII chitinase was cloned from resistant variety Tetep and over-expressed in susceptible variety Taipei 309. The over-expression lines showed resistance against R. solani, as analyzed by detached leaf and whole plant assays. Interestingly, the resistance response was correlated with the level of transgene expression suggesting that the enzyme functions in a dose dependent manner. We report here the classIIIb chitinase from chromosome10 of rice showing anti-R. solani activity to combat the dreaded sheath blight disease.
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