Jm. Ruiz-lozano et al., Genes involved in resistance to powdery mildew in barley differentially modulate root colonization by the mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae, MYCORRHIZA, 9(4), 1999, pp. 237-240
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Erysiphe graminis are obligate biotr
ophic fungi with different outcomes in their interaction with plants, diffe
rent targeted host tissues, but similar patterns of development and infecti
on processes. These similarities raise the question of whether the two type
s of biotrophic fungal infections have common features in their regulation.
To investigate this question, we compared a number of Ror and Rar barley m
utants susceptible to E.graminis f. sp. hordei, as well as their resistant
progenitors, for susceptibility to infection by the AMF Glomus mosseae. The
two powdery mildew-resistant lines BC Ingrid and Sultan presented a simila
r reduction in G. mosseae development within roots when compared to the wil
dtype cultivar Ingrid, indicating a systemic effect of the altered genes in
the plant. Ror and Rar mutants, in which susceptibility to powdery mildew
is restored, showed increased resistance to AM fungal development in their
roots when compared to their progenitors, which suggests that corresponding
mutations must have affected genes which differentially modulate symbiotic
and pathogenic biotrophic plant-fungus interactions.