Analysis of pathogenesis-related proteins (PR) of Zea mays in plant-insect-fungus multitrophic interactions

• Grant number: 23/09434-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: November 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Scherer de Moura
• Grantee: Giovanna Rosseto Veronez
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/09473-8 - Sugarcane multitrophic interactions: integrating microbiota composition and function with herbivorous insects, AP.BIOEN.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/19244-1 - Coupling proteome-transcription analyses to unravel pathogenesis-related proteins (PR) in plant-insect-fungus interactions, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

Plant-insect-pathogen interactions are models for studying the complex multitrophic relationships that take place in the field. These relationships are often highly dependent on each other. This work seeks to understand the relationship between Fusarium verticillioides and Diatraea saccharalis at the molecular level using the Zea mays plant as a model. The investigation of the genes and proteins involved in this interaction, as well as the characterization of the activity of maize PR proteins, presents great potential to discover new candidate proteins for plant defense.