The Zymoseptoria tritici white collar-1 gene, ZtWco-1, is required for development and virulence on wheat

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dc.contributor.authorTiley, Anna
dc.contributor.authorLawless, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorPilo, Paola
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Sujit J.
dc.contributor.authorLu, Jijun
dc.contributor.authorLong, Zhuowei
dc.contributor.authorGibriel, Hesham
dc.contributor.authorBailey, Andy M.
dc.contributor.authorFeechan, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T14:14:17Z
dc.date.available2022-06-27T14:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-14
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 9 June 2022: Published online - 14 June 2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria Tritici Blotch (STB), which is one of the most devastating diseases of wheat in Europe. There are currently no fully durable methods of control against Z. tritici, so novel strategies are urgently required. One of the ways in which fungi are able to respond to their surrounding environment is through the use of photoreceptor proteins which detect light signals. Although previous evidence suggests that Z. tritici can detect light, no photoreceptor genes have been characterised in this pathogen. This study characterises ZtWco-1, a predicted photoreceptor gene in Z. tritici. The ZtWco-1 gene is a putative homolog to the blue light photoreceptor from Neurospora crassa, wc-1. Z. tritici mutants with deletions in ZtWco-1 have defects in hyphal branching, melanisation and virulence on wheat. In addition, we identify the putative circadian clock gene ZtFrq in Z. tritici. This study provides evidence for the genetic regulation of light detection in Z. tritici and it open avenues for future research into whether this pathogen has a circadian clock.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAMMT was supported by a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme award (GOIPD/2018/461) and the BBSRC SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership. This work was performed under DEFRA licence number 51046-198767 and EPA GMO Register No. G0555-01 and G0647-01.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/461
dc.identifier.citationTiley, A.M.M., Lawless, C., Pilo, P., Karki, S.J., Lu, J., Long, Z., Gibriel, H., Bailey, A.M. and Feechan, A. (2022) ‘The Zymoseptoria tritici white collar-1 gene, ZtWco-1, is required for development and virulence on wheat’, Fungal Genetics and Biology. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103715.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1087-1845
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103715
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsCrown Copyright © 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en_US
dc.subjectZymoseptoria triticien_US
dc.subjectWheaten_US
dc.subjectLighten_US
dc.subjectWhite collaren_US
dc.titleThe Zymoseptoria tritici white collar-1 gene, ZtWco-1, is required for development and virulence on wheaten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-06-06
dcterms.dateSubmitted2021-10-14

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