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    Drought attenuates plant defence against bacterial pathogens by suppressing the expression of CBP60g/SARD1 during combined stress
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2022) Choudhary, Aanchal; Senthil-Kumar, Muthappa
    In nature, plants are frequently exposed to drought and bacterial pathogens simultaneously. However, information on how the drought and defence pathways interact and orchestrate global transcriptional regulation is limited. Here, we show that moderate drought stress enhances the susceptibility of Arabidopsis thaliana to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Using transcriptome meta-analysis, we found that drought and bacterial stress antagonistically modulate a large set of genes predominantly involved in salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA) signalling networks. We identified that the levels of SA and ABA are dynamically regulated during the course of stress. Importantly, under combined stress, drought through the ABA pathway downregulates the induction of CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEIN 60g (CBP60g) and SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1), two transcription factors crucial for SA production upon bacterial infection. We also identified an important role of NPR1-LIKE PROTEIN 3 and 4 (NPR3/4) transcriptional repressors in the drought-mediated negative regulation of CBP60g/SARD1 expression. Using a genetic approach, we show that CBP60g/SARD1 expression is the key determinant of plant defence against bacterial pathogens under combined stress. Thus, these transcription factors act as critical nodes for the crosstalk between drought and bacterial stress signalling under combined stress in plants.
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    An efficient, high-throughput method for the simultaneous exposure of drought stress and bacterial infection in plants
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2020) Choudhary, Aanchal; Senthil-Kumar, Muthappa
    PREMISE: We developed a systematic protocol for the easy, high-throughput, qualitative, and quantitative assessment of the patho-morphological, physiological, and molecular responses of Arabidopsis thaliana plants simultaneously subjected to drought and bacterial infection. This approach will assist studies elucidating plant adaptation strategies to combat combined stresses. METHODS AND RESULTS: Plants were grown in small screw-capped containers, individual pots, or pot strips. Watering was withheld from 30-day-old plants, which were subsequently infected with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 using a dip inoculation. The natural development of both drought and bacterial infection was successfully and rapidly replicated in large numbers of plants, which is difficult to achieve with existing protocols. CONCLUSIONS: Our protocol offers a simple, low-cost, high-throughput strategy for the rapid and easy bacterial infection of large numbers of plants. It can be used in large-scale mutant and ecotype screenings under combined stresses and for other foliar pathogens in different plant species.