Papers in the Biological Sciences
Date of this Version
2013
Citation
Kandoth et al.: A virus-induced gene silencing method to study soybean cyst nematode parasitism in Glycine max. BMC Research Notes 2013 6:255; doi:10.1186/1756-0500-6-255
Abstract
Background: Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) based virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) vectors have been developed and used in soybean for the functional analysis of genes involved in disease resistance to foliar pathogens. However, BPMV-VIGS protocols for studying genes involved in disease resistance or symbiotic associations with root microbes have not been developed.
Findings: Here we describe a BPMV-VIGS protocol suitable for reverse genetic studies in soybean roots. We use this method for analyzing soybean genes involved in resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). A detailed SCN screening pipeline is described.
Conclusions: The VIGS method described here provides a new tool to identify genes involved in soybean-nematode interactions. This method could be adapted to study genes associated with any root pathogenic or symbiotic associations.
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