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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide induced resistance against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla is based on increased tomato basal defense

Journal of Nematology
Volume 51 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)
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|Apr 2019

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Figure 1

Effect of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) treatment on Meloidogyne hapla viability and infectivity. (A) Percentage of dead J2 after incubation for 48 hr in NAD or water (control). Bars represent the average mean of 18 biological samples ± standard deviation. (B) Infectivity of NAD-incubated and water-incubated M. hapla juveniles in tomato roots 48 hr post-inoculation. Bars represent the average mean of fourteen biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).
Effect of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) treatment on Meloidogyne hapla viability and infectivity. (A) Percentage of dead J2 after incubation for 48 hr in NAD or water (control). Bars represent the average mean of 18 biological samples ± standard deviation. (B) Infectivity of NAD-incubated and water-incubated M. hapla juveniles in tomato roots 48 hr post-inoculation. Bars represent the average mean of fourteen biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).

Figure 2

Effect of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) on the development of Meloidogyne hapla in tomato plants. Tomato seedlings (20-d-old) were soil drenched with 5 mM NAD solution or water (−NAD) one day before M. hapla inoculation. (A) Number of J2 inside tomato cultivars; Rutgers (Mi−) and VFN (Mi+) 48 hr post-inoculation (hpi). (B) The number of galls per gram of root in tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN 15 d post-inoculation (dpi). Bars represent the average mean of 15 biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).
Effect of Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) on the development of Meloidogyne hapla in tomato plants. Tomato seedlings (20-d-old) were soil drenched with 5 mM NAD solution or water (−NAD) one day before M. hapla inoculation. (A) Number of J2 inside tomato cultivars; Rutgers (Mi−) and VFN (Mi+) 48 hr post-inoculation (hpi). (B) The number of galls per gram of root in tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN 15 d post-inoculation (dpi). Bars represent the average mean of 15 biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).

Figure 3

Relative expression of defense-related genes in response to NAD treatment. 20-d-old plants were treated with 5 mM NAD, or water (−NAD) and roots were harvested 24 hr post application. Expression levels of indicated genes; pathogenesis-related protein 1a (PR1), beta-1,3-glucanase (PR2), pathogenesis-related protein 5× (PR5), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) were quantified in tomato cultivars (A) Rutgers (Mi−), and (B) VFN (Mi+) using qRT-PCR. Ubiquitin gene (Ubi3) was used as an internal control. Gene expression values are presented relative to water treated control (−NAD). Bars represent the average mean of six biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).
Relative expression of defense-related genes in response to NAD treatment. 20-d-old plants were treated with 5 mM NAD, or water (−NAD) and roots were harvested 24 hr post application. Expression levels of indicated genes; pathogenesis-related protein 1a (PR1), beta-1,3-glucanase (PR2), pathogenesis-related protein 5× (PR5), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) were quantified in tomato cultivars (A) Rutgers (Mi−), and (B) VFN (Mi+) using qRT-PCR. Ubiquitin gene (Ubi3) was used as an internal control. Gene expression values are presented relative to water treated control (−NAD). Bars represent the average mean of six biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).

Figure 4

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) treatment induces calcium signaling. (A) Microscopic observation of Ca2+ levels in roots of tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN. Tomato seedlings were treated with 10 ml 5 mM NAD or control (−NAD) for 24 hr, then root sections (2 cm) were labeled with Ca2+ – sensitive dye, Calcium Green-1. Note Ca2+ accumulation as revealed by green fluorescence microscopy (white arrows). Scale bars = 200 μm. (B) and (C) Gene expression analysis of calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK15) and respiratory burst oxidase homologs (RbohB) in tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN, respectively. Real-time PCR analysis was performed to determine the transcript levels of CDPK15 and RbohB in tomato roots pretreated with 5 mM NAD or control (−NAD) for 24 hr. Bars represent the average mean of six biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) treatment induces calcium signaling. (A) Microscopic observation of Ca2+ levels in roots of tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN. Tomato seedlings were treated with 10 ml 5 mM NAD or control (−NAD) for 24 hr, then root sections (2 cm) were labeled with Ca2+ – sensitive dye, Calcium Green-1. Note Ca2+ accumulation as revealed by green fluorescence microscopy (white arrows). Scale bars = 200 μm. (B) and (C) Gene expression analysis of calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK15) and respiratory burst oxidase homologs (RbohB) in tomato cultivars Rutgers and VFN, respectively. Real-time PCR analysis was performed to determine the transcript levels of CDPK15 and RbohB in tomato roots pretreated with 5 mM NAD or control (−NAD) for 24 hr. Bars represent the average mean of six biological samples ± standard deviation. Statistical significance of the difference was tested using Student’s t-test (*=P < 0.05).

Effect of NAD application on shoot fresh weight (g) of susceptible and resistance tomato cultivars in the presence or absence of Meloidogyne hapla a_

InoculatedNon-inoculated
Cultivarb
Treatmentc RutgersVFNRutgersVFN
Control1.12 (0.39)0.93 (0.23)0.91 (0.22)0.86 (0.43)
NAD1.98 (0.35)*2.17 (0.30)*1.75 (0.56)*1.85 (0.70)*

Primers used in this study for qRT-PCR_

GeneDescriptionForward primer (5′-3′)Reverse primer (5′-3′)Reference
SlPR1 Lycopersicon esculentum PR1aCCAAGACTATCTTGCGGTTCACGCTCTTGAGTTGGCATAGT Li et al. (2015a)
SlPR2 beta-1.3-glucanaseTCCAGGTAGAGACAGTGGTAAACCTAAATATGTCGCGGTTGAGA Li et al. (2015a)
SlPR5 Lycopersicon esculentum PR5CCCAAACACCCTAGCTGAATGGGCGAAAGTCATCGGTATATTA Li et al. (2015a)
SlPAL Phenylalanine ammonia-lyaseTGATGAACGGAAAGCCTGAACTGAGCTGCCTTGACATAAGA Li et al. (2015a)
CDPK15 Calcium-dependent protein kinaseACGGACAATAGTGGGACATGCTTAACTTCAGCCTCC Hu et al. (2016)
RbohB Respiratory burst oxidase homologsAGGGAATGATAGAGCGTCGCATCGTCATTGGACTTGGC Li et al. (2015b)
Ubi3 UbiquitinGTGTGGGCTCACCTACGTTTACAATCCCAAGGGTTGTCAC Bhattarai et al. (2008)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2019-022 | Journal eISSN: 2640-396X | Journal ISSN: 0022-300X
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 10
Submitted on: Oct 23, 2018
Published on: Apr 15, 2019
Published by: Society of Nematologists, Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Induced resistance,
Calcium signaling,
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide,
Management
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
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© 2019 Noor Abdelsamad, H. Regmi, J. Desaeger, P. DiGennaro, published by Society of Nematologists, Inc.
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