Comparative Transcriptome and Widely Targeted Metabolome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Tomato
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Phenotype Changes of Two Tomato Materials after Inoculation with O. neolycopersici
2.2. Transcriptome Analysis
2.2.1. Identification and Annotation of DEGs
2.2.2. Functional Annotation and Classification of DEGs
2.2.3. K-Means Clustering Analysis of DEGs
2.2.4. Transcription Factor Analysis of DEGs
2.2.5. Verifying DEGs by qRT-PCR
2.3. Metabolome Analysis
2.3.1. Identification of Differentially Accumulated Metabolites
2.3.2. K-Means Cluster Analysis of DAMs
2.4. Correlation Analysis of DEGs and DAMs
2.4.1. KEGG Enrichment Analysis of Co-Expressed DEGs and DAMs
2.4.2. KEGG Enrichment Analysis of Especially Expressed DEGs and DAMs
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Growth, Inoculation, and Propagation of O. neolycopersici
4.2. RNA Extraction and RNA-Seq
4.3. Read Mapping and Data Analysis
4.4. Validation of the Quantitative PCR
4.5. Metabolite Extraction
4.6. Qualitative and Quantitative Metabolite Analysis
4.7. Combined Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, W.; Wang, X.; Song, L.; Yao, W.; Guo, M.; Cheng, G.; Guo, J.; Bai, S.; Gao, Y.; Li, J.; et al. Comparative Transcriptome and Widely Targeted Metabolome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Tomato. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 8236. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098236
Liu W, Wang X, Song L, Yao W, Guo M, Cheng G, Guo J, Bai S, Gao Y, Li J, et al. Comparative Transcriptome and Widely Targeted Metabolome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Tomato. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(9):8236. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098236
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Wenjuan, Xiaomin Wang, Lina Song, Wenkong Yao, Meng Guo, Guoxin Cheng, Jia Guo, Shengyi Bai, Yanming Gao, Jianshe Li, and et al. 2023. "Comparative Transcriptome and Widely Targeted Metabolome Analysis Reveals the Molecular Mechanism of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Tomato" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 9: 8236. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098236