Metabolomic and Physiological Changes in Seedlings Infected with and the A1 and A2 Mating Types of .

infections are followed by histological alterations, physiological and metabolomic adjustments in the host but very few studies contemplate these changes simultaneously. seedlings were inoculated with A1 and A2 mating types of the heterothallic and with the homothallic to identify plant physiological and metabolomic changes accompanying microscope observations of the colonization process one, two and three weeks after inoculation. -infected plants died at a faster pace than those inoculated with and showed higher mortality than A1-infected plants. A1 and A2 caused similar progression and total rate of mortality. Most differences in the physiological parameters between inoculated and non-inoculated plants were detected two weeks after inoculation. Alterations in primary and secondary metabolites in roots and leaves were demonstrated for all the inoculated plants two and three weeks after inoculation. The results indicate that is more aggressive to seedlings than both mating types of while A1 showed a slower infection mode than A2 and led to minor plant metabolomic adjustments.