scholarly journals The role of Caenorhabditis elegans sex-determination homologs, Mi-sdc-1 and Mi-tra-1 in Meloidogyne incognita

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anil Baniya ◽  
Soumi Joseph ◽  
Larry Duncan ◽  
William Crow ◽  
Tesfamariam Mengistu
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Sex Determination ◽  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Model Free ◽  
Plant Parasitic

AbstractSex determination is a key developmental event in all organisms. The pathway that regulates sexual fate has been well characterized at the molecular level in the model free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This study aims to gain a preliminary understanding of sex-determining pathways in a plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita, and the extent to which the roles of the sex determination genes are conserved in a hermaphrodite species, C. elegans, and plant-parasitic nematode species, M. incognita. In this study, we targeted two sex-determining orthologues, sdc-1 and tra-1 from M. incognita using RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi was performed by soaking second-stage juveniles of M. incognita in a solution containing dsRNA of either Mi-tra-1or Mi-sdc-1 or both. To determine the effect of RNAi of the target genes, the juveniles treated with the dsRNA were inoculated onto a susceptible cultivar of cowpea grown in a nutrient pouch at 28 °C for 5 weeks. The development of the nematodes was analyzed at different time points during the growth period and compared to untreated controls. Our results showed that neither Mi-sdc-1 nor Mi-tra-1 have a significant role in regulating sexual fate in M. incognita. However, the silencing of Mi-sdc-1 significantly delayed maturity to adult females but did not affect egg production in mature females. In contrast, the downregulation of Mi-tra-1 transcript resulted in a significant reduction in egg production in both single and combinatorial RNAi-treated nematodes. Our results indicate that M. incognita may have adopted a divergent function for Mi-sdc-1 and Mi-tra-1distinct from Caenorhabditis spp. However, Mi-tra-1 might have an essential role in female fecundity in M. incognita and is a promising dsRNA target for root-knot nematode (RKN) management using host-delivered RNAi.

Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Eisenback
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Growth Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Abstract Introduction: The root knot nematode species, M. incognita, is the most widespread and probably the most serious plant parasitic nematode pest of tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world (Sasser, 1979). It occurs as a pest on a very wide range of crops. Most estimates of yield loss come from the use of nematicides and it should be noted that these can possibly cause other beneficial growth effects.

scholarly journals Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Eisenback
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Yield Loss ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Growth Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Abstract The root knot nematode species, M. incognita, is the most widespread and probably the most serious plant parasitic nematode pest of tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world (Sasser, 1979). It occurs as a pest on a very wide range of crops. Most estimates of yield loss come from the use of nematicides and it should be noted that these can possibly cause other beneficial growth effects.

scholarly journals Construction of artificial microRNA expression vectors for inhibition of Minc16281 gene in root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Phong V. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Expression Vectors ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Root Knot Nematode ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Soybean Field ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Effectors have been identified to play a very important role in the parasitism of plant-parasitic nematode. To cope with this type of pathogen, many approaches of silencing genes encoding for effectors have been studied and promise to be an effective tool to create plant varieties resistant to plant-parasitic nematodes. In this study, the Minc16281 gene encoding a pioneer effector with unknown function was determined and cloned from a Meloidogyne incognita population isolated from soybean field (ID: MH315945.1). The nucleotide sequence of this gene showed 97% identity to its homolog in GenBank (ID: JK287445.1) used as the control strain in our research. To generate host-induced gene silencing constructs which can potentially silence the expression of Minc16281 gene, two artificial microRNAs were synthesized based on the miR319a structure of Arabidopsis thaliana and inserted into an expression vector in soybean. These microRNAs can be introduced into soybean to investigate the function of Minc16281 on parasitism of root-knot nematode.

Gene copy number variations as signatures of adaptive evolution in the parthenogenetic, plant‐parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 2559-2572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Castagnone‐Sereno ◽  
Karine Mulet ◽  
Etienne G. J. Danchin ◽  
Georgios D. Koutsovoulos ◽  
Mégane Karaulic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Evolution ◽  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Copy Number ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Gene Copy Number ◽  
Copy Number Variations ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Gene Copy ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Identification and analysis of a cuticular collagen-encoding gene from the plant-parasitic nematode meloidogyne incognita

Gene ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
Walter Van der Eycken ◽  
Janice de Almeida Engler ◽  
Marc Van Montagu ◽  
Godelieve Gheysen
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Encoding Gene ◽  
Plant Parasitic

Triphasic locomotor response of a plant-parasitic nematode to avermectin: inhibition by the GABA antagonists bicuculline and picrotoxin

Parasitology ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Wright ◽  
A. J. Birtle ◽  
I. T. J. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Meloidogyne Incognita ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Plant Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Locomotor Response ◽  
Progressive Decline ◽  
Gaba Antagonists ◽  
Plant Parasitic

SUMMARYThe response of the plant parasitic nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (J2 stage) to avermectin B2a-23-one is triphasic, comprising an initial loss of locomotor activity where the juveniles remain sensitive to touch, a recovery phase and a final loss of activity where the juveniles are relatively insensitive to touch. In contrast, the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, oxamyl, causes initial hyperactivity of juveniles followed by a progressive decline in movement. The addition of bicuculline and to a lesser extent picrotoxin, both antagonists of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), blocks the action of avermectin on M. incognita.

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