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Title: COMPARATIVE PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF MAIZE SILKS IN ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS RESISTANT AND SUSCEPTIBLE INBREDS

Author
item PEETHAMBARAN, BELA - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV
item Williams, William
item LUTHE, DAWN - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/29/2003
Publication Date: 7/29/2003
Citation: Peethambaran, B., Williams, W.P., Luthe, D.S. 2003. Comparative proteomic analysis of maize silks in Aspergillus flavus resistant and susceptible inbreds. Proceedings American Society of Plant Biologists.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Research in our laboratory is focused on eliminating aflatoxin contamination in maize (Zea mays L.) by increasing resistance to Aspergillus flavus infection during ear development. Because it has been postulated that the fungus enters the ear via the silks, we are investigating the proteome of silk proteins in maize inbreds that are resistant or susceptible to aflatoxin contamination and/or A. flavus infection. We hope to identify proteins that directly contribute to the resistance phenotype or proteins/genes that can be used for marker-assisted selection in breeding programs. Control silks were collected from Mp313E, Mp420 (resistant), Tx601 (intermediate resistance), and Sc212M (susceptible) 21 days after silk emergence (DAS). Infested ears were inoculated with A. flavus at 15 (DAS) and collected 21 DAS. Silk proteins were extracted and analyzed by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Gel images were analyzed by PDQuest software (BioRad) and comparisons were made among inbreds and between inoculated and uninoculated samples. MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy will be used to identify common silk proteins and those that consistently differ among resistant and susceptible lines, or inoculated and uninoculated ears.