Impact of Cooking on Tuber Color, Texture, and Metabolites in Different Potato Varieties.

Potatoes are a globally important crop with high nutritional value. Different potato varieties display notable variations in color, texture, and nutrient composition. However, the influence of cooking on tuber color, texture, and metabolites has not been comprehensively explored.

Phylogenetic and Expression Analysis of the Sucrose Synthase and Sucrose Phosphate Synthase Gene Family in Potatoes.

Sucrose synthase (SUS) and sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) are essential in plant sucrose metabolism. The potato is an important crop worldwide, but systematic analyses of the and gene families in potatoes are still lacking. Ten sucrose metabolism-related genes were identified in this study.

Different epitopes of Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAW are recognized by two Nicotiana species and trigger immune responses.

Diverse pathogen effectors convergently target conserved components in plant immunity guarded by intracellular nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) and activate effector-triggered immunity (ETI), often causing cell death. Little is known of the differences underlying ETI in different plants triggered by the same effector. In this study, we demonstrated that effector RipAW triggers ETI on Nicotiana benthamiana and Nicotiana tabacum.

A quick and efficient hydroponic potato infection method for evaluating potato resistance and virulence.

Background: Potato, the third most important crop worldwide, plays a critical role in human food security. Brown rot, one of the most destructive potato diseases caused by , results in huge economic losses every year. A quick, stable, low cost and high throughout method is required to meet the demands of identification of germplasm resistance to bacterial wilt in potato breeding programs.

Deep Sequencing Reveals Early Reprogramming of Root Transcriptomes Upon Infection.

Bacterial wilt caused by the bacterial pathogen is one of the most devastating crop diseases worldwide. The molecular mechanisms controlling the early stage of colonization in the root remain unknown. Aiming to better understand the mechanism of the establishment of infection in root, we established four stages in the early interaction of the pathogen with roots and determined the transcriptional profiles of these stages of infection.