Lily basal rot, caused by
Fusarium oxysporum
f. sp.
lilii
, is one of the most serious diseases of lily.
Although the lily germplasm which is resistant to
F. oxysporum
has been used in disease-resistant breeding, few studies on its molecular
mechanism of disease resistance have been reported. To comprehensively study the
mechanism of resistance to
F. oxysporum
, transcriptome
sequencings of root tissues from
Lilium pumilum
inoculated with
F. oxysporum
or sterile water for 6, 12, or 24 h were
performed. A total of 50 GB of data were obtained from the transcriptome
sequencings of the 6
L. pumilum
samples, and 217 098 Unigenes
were obtained after the de novo assembly, of which 38.36% Unigenes were
annotated. The sequencing results showed that the numbers of differentially
expressed genes at 6, 12, and 24 h after inoculation compared with the control
were 111, 254, and 2500, respectively. The functional enrichment analysis of the
differentially expressed genes showed that several pathways were involved in
responses of
L. pumilum
, mainly including starch and sucrose
metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, plant
hormone signal transduction, flavonoid biosynthesis, vitamin B6 (VB6)
biosynthesis, acid biosynthesis, proteasome, and ribosome. Transcription factor
analysis revealed that the WRKY and ERF families played important roles in
responses of
L. pumilum
to
F. oxysporum
. The
results of this study elucidate the molecular responses to
F.
oxysporum
in lily and lay a theoretical foundation for improving
lily breeding and strategies for lily basal rot resistance.