Comparative transcriptome analysis of Powdery mildew Resistance between two Melon (Cucumis melo L) with Different Thickness Peel

Abstract

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is wildly planted in the world and China is a major producer of muskmelon. Powdery mildew is one of the most common fungal diseases in the world and this disease frequently affects melon (Cucumis melo L.) and due to the reduction of melon yield. In this study, one material GanTianmi with thin peel and another material XueLianHua with thick peel were selected. After inoculating the powdery mildew, both materials were used to do the RNA-Seq. In total two RNA-seq libraries were constructed and sequenced separately. The reads per kilobase per Million mapped reads (RPKM) values of all the genes in the two materials were calculated and there were 13828 genes were expressed in the material G and 13944 genes were expressed in the material S (RPKM>1). The differentially expression gene (DEG) analysis result suggested that total 769 the DEGs between the two materials were identified. All the DEGs were annotated with several database and the transcript factors (TFs) that related to disease resistance such as MYB, ERF and WRKY among the DEGs were also identified. This research could not only provide the information about understanding the mechanism of powdery mildew infection but also help researchers breed the varieties with powdery mildew resistance.