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CRISPR/Cas9 generated MeSWEET10a mutants show reduced susceptibility to cassava bacterial blight and produce viable seed

Elliott, K.; Veley, K. M.; Jensen, G.; Gilbert, K. B.; Norton, J.; Kambic, L.; Yoder, M.; Weil, A.; Motomura-Wages, S.; Bart, R.

2023-06-22 plant biology
10.1101/2023.06.21.545993 bioRxiv
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Bacteria from the genus Xanthomonas are prolific phytopathogens that elicit disease in over 400 plant species. Xanthomonads carry a repertoire of specialized proteins called transcription activator-like (TAL) effectors that promote disease and pathogen virulence by inducing expression of host susceptibility (S) genes. Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis (Xpm) causes bacterial blight on the staple food crop, cassava. The Xpm effector, TAL20, induces ectopic expression of the S gene, MeSWEET10a, a sugar transporter that contributes to cassava bacterial blight susceptibility. We used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate multiple cassava lines with edits to the MeSWEET10a TAL20 effector binding site and/or coding sequence. In several of the regenerated lines, MeSWEET10a expression was no longer induced by Xpm and in these cases, we observed reduced cassava bacterial blight disease symptoms post Xpm infection. MeSWEET10a is expressed in cassava flowers. Therefore, we investigated flower development and reproductive function in an MeSWEET10a mutant line. We found that the MeSWEET10a mutant produced phenotypically wildtype cassava flowers and viable F1 seed. Thus, blocking MeSWEET10a induction is a viable strategy for decreasing cassava susceptibility to CBB.

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