AUTHOR=Wang Feng , Zhang Feng , Chen Mengmeng , Liu Zhiheng , Zhang Zhihong , Fu Junfan , Ma Yue 

TITLE=Comparative Transcriptomics Reveals Differential Gene Expression Related to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Resistance in the Octoploid Strawberry

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2017

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.00779

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.00779

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=<p>The strawberry is an important fruit worldwide; however, the development of the strawberry industry is limited by fungal disease. Anthracnose is caused by the pathogen <italic>Colletotrichum gloeosporioides</italic> and leads to large-scale losses in strawberry quality and production. However, the transcriptional response of strawberry to infection with <italic>C. gloeosporioides</italic> is poorly understood. In the present study, the strawberry leaf transcriptome of the ‘Yanli’ and ‘Benihoppe’ cultivars were deep sequenced via an RNA-seq analysis to study <italic>C. gloeosporioides</italic> resistance in strawberry. Among the sequences, differentially expressed genes were annotated with Gene Ontology terms and subjected to pathway enrichment analysis. Significant categories included defense, plant–pathogen interactions and flavonoid biosynthesis were identified. The comprehensive transcriptome data set provides molecular insight into <italic>C. gloeosporioides</italic> resistance genes in resistant and susceptible strawberry cultivars. Our findings can enhance breeding efforts in strawberry.</p>