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    Proteomic signatures uncover phenotypic plasticity of susceptible and resistant genotypes by wall remodelers in rice blast
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2024) Sinha, Arunima; Narula, Kanika; Bhola, Latika; Sengupta, Atreyee; Choudhary, Pooja; Nalwa, Pragya; Kumar, Mohit; Elagamey, Eman; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra
    Molecular communication between macromolecules dictates extracellular matrix (ECM) dynamics during pathogen recognition and disease development. Extensive research has shed light on how plant immune components are activated, regulated and function in response to pathogen attack. However, two key questions remain largely unresolved: (i) how does ECM dynamics govern susceptibility and disease resistance, (ii) what are the components that underpin these phenomena? Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae adversely affects rice productivity. To understand ECM regulated genotype-phenotype plasticity in blast disease, we temporally profiled two contrasting rice genotypes in disease and immune state. Morpho-histological, biochemical and electron microscopy analyses revealed that increased necrotic lesions accompanied by electrolyte leakage governs disease state. Wall carbohydrate quantification showed changes in pectin level was more significant in blast susceptible compared to blast resistant cultivar. Temporally resolved quantitative disease- and immune-responsive ECM proteomes identified 308 and 334 proteins, respectively involved in wall remodelling and integrity, signalling and disease/immune response. Pairwise comparisons between time and treatment, messenger ribonucleic acid expression, diseasome and immunome networks revealed novel blast-related functional modules. Data demonstrated accumulation of α-galactosidase and phosphatase were associated with disease state, while reactive oxygen species, induction of Lysin motif proteins, CAZymes and extracellular Ca-receptor protein govern immune state.
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    A tripartite interaction among the basidiomycete Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, N2-fixing endobacteria, and rice improves plant nitrogen nutrition
    (American Society of Plant Biologists, 2020) Paul, Karnelia; Saha, Chinmay; Nag, Mayurakshi; Mandal, Drishti; Naiya, Haraprasad; Sen, Diya; Mitra, Souvik; Kumar, Mohit; Bose, Dipayan; Mukherjee, Gairik; Naskar, Nabanita; Lahiri, Susanta; Ghosh, Upal Das; Tripathi, Sudipta; Sarkar, Mousumi Poddar; Banerjee, Manidipa; Kleinert, Aleysia; Valentine, Alexander J.; Tripathy, Sucheta; Sinharoy, Senjuti; Seal, Anindita
    Nitrogen (N) limits crop yield and improvement of N nutrition remains a key goal for crop research; one approach to improve N nutrition is identifying plant-interacting N2-fixing microbes. Rhodotorula mucilaginosa JGTA-S1 is a basidiomycetous yeast endophyte of narrowleaf cattail (Typha angustifolia). JGTA-S1 could not convert nitrate or nitrite to ammonium, but harbors diazotrophic (N2-fixing) endobacteria (eg. Pseudomonas stutzeri) that allows JGTA-S1 to fix N2 and grow in a N-free environment; moreover, P. stutzeri dinitrogen reductase (nifH) was transcribed in JGTA-S1 even under adequate N. Endobacteria-deficient JGTA-S1 had reduced fitness, which was restored by reintroducing P. stutzeri. JGTA-S1 colonizes rice (Oryza sativa) significantly improving its growth, N content, and relative N-use efficiency. Endofungal P. stutzeri plays a significant role in increasing the biomass and ammonium content of rice treated with JGTA-S1; also, JGTA-S1 has better N2 fixing ability than free-living P. stutzeri and provides fixed N to the plant. Genes involved in N metabolism, N transporters, and NODULE INCEPTION (NIN)-like transcription factors were upregulated in rice roots within 24 h of JGTA-S1 treatment. In association with rice, JGTA-S1 has a filamentous phase and P. stutzeri only penetrated filamentous JGTA-S1. Together, these results demonstrate an interkingdom interaction that improves rice N nutrition.