Understanding interactions of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ with grapevine through the lens of complex networks Dermastia Marina1,*, Skrlj Blaz2, Valmarska Anita2,7, Strah Rebeka1,3, Pompe Novak Marusa1,4, Anzic Barbara1, Tomaz Spela1,3, Kriznik Maja1, Schonhuber Christina5, Riedle-Bauer Monika6, Petek Marko1, Kladnik Ales7, Lavrac Nada2, Gruden Kristina1, Roitsch Thomas8, Brader Gunter5 1National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2Institue Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia 3Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia 5Austrian Institute of Technology, Wien, Austria 6Federal College and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology, Wien, Austria 7University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 8University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark *Corresponding author e-mail: Marina Dermastia (marina.dermastia@nib.si)
Online published on 23 May, 2023. Abstract ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’ is the agent associated with the most widespread grapevine yellows disease, the “bois noir”, which causes significant economic losses every year. Understanding the interaction between this phytoplasma and the grapevine disease in question remains an intriguing open problem. New approaches developed to improve the understanding of the infection through complex network-based modelling are presented. This computational modelling allows seamless integration of data from multiple sources and provides insights into relationships between genes or other entities of interest. Two approaches and the newly obtained results that further improve the understanding of “bois noir” and other grapevine yellows are reported. Top Keywords ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’, Grapevine, “bois noir”, RNA-seq, Srna-seq, Mirna, Hormones. Top |