A major genetic locus in neighbours controls changes of gene expression and susceptibility in intraspecific rice mixtures

Pélissier Rémi, Ducasse Aurélie, Ballini Elsa, Frouin Julien, Violle Cyrille, Morel Jean-Benoit. 2023. A major genetic locus in neighbours controls changes of gene expression and susceptibility in intraspecific rice mixtures. New Phytologist, 238 (2) : 835-844.

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18778

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Résumé : Reports indicate that intraspeciﬁc neighbours alter the physiology of focal plants, and with a few exceptions, their molecular responses to neighbours are unknown. Recently, changes in susceptibility to pathogen resulting from such interactions were demonstrated, a phenom-enon called neighbour-modulated susceptibility (NMS). However, the genetics of NMS and the associated molecular responses are largely unexplored. Here, we analysed in rice the modiﬁcation of biomass and susceptibility to the blast fungus pathogen in the Kitaake focal genotype in the presence of 280 different neighbours. Using genome-wide association studies, we identiﬁed the loci in the neighbour that determine the response in Kitaake. Using a targeted transcriptomic approach, we characterized the molecu-lar responses in focal plants co-cultivated with various neighbours inducing a reduction in sus-ceptibility. Our study demonstrates that NMS is controlled by one major locus in the rice genome of its neighbour. Furthermore, we show that this locus can be associated with characteristic pat-terns of gene expression in focal plant. Finally, we propose an hypothesis where Pi could play a role in explaining this case of NMS. Our study sheds light on how plants affect the physiology in their neighbourhood and opens perspectives for understanding plant–plant interactions.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Oryza sativa, expression des gènes, physiologie végétale, réponse de la plante, gène, résistance aux maladies, phytogénétique

Mots-clés libres : Indirect genetic effect, Modulation of disease by neighbours, Rice, Transcriptomic, Transcriptomic response to neighbour

Classification Agris : F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

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