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Title:   Author  item
                                            MORALES-CRUZ, ABRAHAM - University Of Californiaitem
                                            AMRINE, KATHERINE - University Of Californiaitem
                                            BLANCO-ULATE, BARBARA - University Of Californiaitem
                                            LAWRENCE, DANIEL - University Of Californiaitem
                                            TRAVADON, RENAUD - University Of Californiaitem
                                            ROLSHAUSEN, PHILIPPE - University Of Californiaitem
                                            Baumgartner, Kendraitem
                                            CANTU, DARIO - University Of California
  Submitted to: American Phytopathological Society Abstracts
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/15/2015
                                    Publication  Date: 11/1/2015
                                    Citation: Morales-Cruz, A., Amrine, K.C., Blanco-Ulate, B., Lawrence, D.P., Travadon, R., Rolshausen, P.E., Baumgartner, K., Cantu, D. 2015. Distinctive Expansion of Gene Families Associated with Virulence Functions in the Genomes of Grapevine Trunk Pathogens. American Phytopathological Society Abstracts. 777-P.Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: Trunk diseases are responsible for important economic losses in all viticulture production systems. They are caused by distantly-related fungi that form chronic wood infections. Variation in wood-decay abilities and production of phytotoxic compounds are thought to contribute to differences in the disease symptoms they cause. We recently released the draft sequences of Eutypa lata, Neofusicoccum parvum and Togninia minima, causal agents of Eutypa dieback, Botryosphaeria dieback and Esca, respectively. Here we describe the genomic sequences of additional important trunk pathogens, Diaporthe ampelina, Diplodia seriata, and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, causal agents of Phomopsis dieback, Botryosphaeria dieback, and Esca, respectively. We perfomed a comparative genomic study to identify gene families potentially associated with host colonization and disease development. Predicted proteomes of all sequenced trunk pathogens were annotated with a focus on (i) wood degradation, (ii) nutrient uptake, and (iii) toxin production. Significant gene family expansions were tested using Computational Analysis of gene Family Evolution, which revealed evolution of distinct mechanisms of virulence, such as specific cell wall oxidative functions and secondary metabolic pathways in N. parvum, Dia. ampelina, and E. lata. We are applying RNAseq and whole-genome re-sequencing to analyze the in planta expression patterns and genetic diversity of the identified potential virulence factors.


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