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Chapter 8
Variability in
Fusarium
species Causing Wilt
Disease in Crops: A Transcriptomic Approach
to Characterize Dialogue Between Host and
Pathogen
Reiaz ul Rehman, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Inayatullah Tahir,
Bilal Ahmad Padder, Mehraj ul Din Shah and Mushtaq Ahmad Teli
Abstract
Crops are indispensible for the existence of humans and animals and the
commercial importance comes under threat when they are attacked and infected
by the pathogens. The crops are constantly under threat and are exposed to various
pathogens. Some pathogens are host specific and thus can infect the healthy plant
and some of them are opportunists, which gain entry from the wounding site. The
most important and devastating among the pathogens are the fungal pathogens and
important amongst these is
Fusarium
sp. This genus contains many species attack-
ing diversity of agricultural crops. These are pathogenic to plants and also produce
toxins, which affect the animals and humans consuming the plants. This review
focuses on the pathogenesis of
Fusarium
sp. causing crop diseases and understand-
ing the host-pathogen interactions including plant defense responses. This article
perceives the potential of transcriptomics in association between two-species. The
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