Arabidopsis late blight: Infection of a nonhost plant by Albugo laibachii enables full colonization by Phytophthora infestans
Khaoula Belhaj, Liliana M. Cano, David C. Prince, Ariane Kemen, Kentaro Yoshida, Yasin F. Dagdas, Graham J. Etherington, Henk-jan Schoonbeek, H. Peter van Esse, Jonathan DG Jones, Sophien Kamoun, Sebastian Schornack
The paper shows that Phytophthora infestans can infect Arabidopsis thaliana after being pre-infected with Albugo laibachii, with similar gene expression and haustoria formation to potato infections.
bioRxiv · Dec 23, 2015Plant Biology