dc.contributor.author	Watkinson, Jonathan I.	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Welbaum, Gregory E.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Veilleux, Richard E.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Beers, Eric P.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Scheckler, Stephen E.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Miller, Orson K. Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Horticulture	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:11:20Z	en
dc.date.adate	2002-05-01	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:11:20Z	en
dc.date.issued	2002-04-23	en
dc.date.rdate	2003-05-01	en
dc.date.sdate	2002-05-01	en
dc.description.abstract	The analysis of gene changes associated with formation of the mycorrhizal symbiosis between orchid and fungi could have broad implications for plant pathogen interactions. Fungi associated with North American terrestrial orchids were once included in the pathogenic genus Rhizoctonia. This suggests that orchids are able to overcome or utilize normally pathogenic pathways to establish symbioses. A differential display technique was employed to analyze gene changes in orchid in response to a fungus. Samples of RNA from roots of Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (CyPP) grown in the presence or absence of a mycorrhizal fungus; Thanatephorus pennatus, were analyzed using AFLP differential display. Forty-four fragments were selected out of 5000 as being differentially expressed, but only 15 sequences were obtained. Most showed homology to ribosomal genes. Two represented genes believed to be regulated by the mycorrhizal interaction: trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase (Tps), which showed down-regulation and nucleotide binding protein (NuBP), which showed up-regulation. The Tps partial clone identifies 2100 bp at the 3' end of the gene and encodes a protein of 667 amino acids. The NuBP gene is approximately 1200bp in length and encodes a protein of 352 amino acids. The Tps gene exists in multiple copies with high expression in roots and low expression in rhizomes and leaves. The NuBP gene exists as a single copy and has a low level of expression in rhizomes and leaves. Expression of Tps is induced by sucrose, but reduced by trehalose. Cultivation of CyPP with non-mycorrhizal fungi did not affect expression of Tps or NuBP. Trehalose induced NuBP expression whereas sucrose did not. A second species of mycorrhizal fungi induced expression of NuBP but reduced expression of Tps. Analysis of Tps expression in Arabidopsis was done using promoter:GUS fusions. The Tps promoter:GUS plants revealed that Tps expression is constitutive in roots. Regulation of Tps driven GUS is expressed throughout seedlings. GUS was not detected in leaves of older plants but was detected in anthers and stigmatic surfaces of flowers. Expression of GUS driven by Tps showed a strong wound response and was present in the junction between siliques and pedicels.	en
dc.description.degree	Ph. D.	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-05012002-091107	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05012002-091107/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27467	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt2-2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Conclusion.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	References.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt3.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt1.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt3-4.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt3-3.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Abstract.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt3-2.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt4.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	Chpt4-2.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	orchid	en
dc.subject	Arabidopsis thaliana	en
dc.subject	symbiosis	en
dc.subject	differential display	en
dc.subject	sugar	en
dc.subject	transformation	en
dc.title	Characterization of two genes, trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase and nucleotide binding protein, shown to be differentially regulated in roots of Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens grown with a mycorrhizal fungus Thanatephorus pennatus	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Horticulture	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Ph. D.	en

Characterization of two genes, trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase and nucleotide binding protein, shown to be differentially regulated in roots of Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens grown with a mycorrhizal fungus Thanatephorus pennatus

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