ExoRNAi exposes contrasting roles for sugar exudation in host-finding by plant pathogens
Neil D Warnock, Leonie Wilson, Juan V Canet-Perez, Thomas Fleming, Colin C Fleming, Aaron G Maule, Johnathan J Dalzell
The paper uses RNAi to knock down sugar transporter genes in tomato roots, showing reduced glucose and fructose exudation affects infectivity of a generalist nematode but not a specialist one.
bioRxiv · Nov 13, 2015Plant Biology