Project

Fundamental analysis of nematode-induced plant response

Code

3E010509

Duration

01 October 2009 → 30 September 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Godelieve Gheysen

Fellow

Tina Kyndt

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Scientific computing
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Plant biology
Medical and health sciences
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Public health care
- Public health services
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
Engineering and technology
- Scientific computing
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Horticultural production

Keywords

rice nematode infection RNA-Seq Hirschmanniella oryzae transcriptome profiling

Project description

In this project the plant response in rice upon nematode infection will be analysed using RNA-seq, an ultramodern transcriptome profiling method. Rice, a model organism for monocots and a very important crop, is infected with both the sedentary root knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola and the migratory nematode Hirschmanniella oryzae. Gene expression after infection was analyzed and currently the data is thoroughly analyzed and interpreted.