Enhancing tomato defense mechanisms: modulation of long non-coding RNAs in response to foliar application of the biocontrol agent Streptomyces sp. DLS2013

Abstract: Beneficial bacteria induce a state of alert (priming) in plants that allows them to
deploy defensive measures more effectively upon subsequent pathogenic attack. In a previous
study, foliar treatments with Streptomyces sp. DLS2013 induced transcriptomic changes in
protein coding genes related to plant defense and photosynthesis. Here, we have investigated
the associated transcriptional response of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) inferring their
putative role in plant defense by co-expression analysis with the protein coding genes. This
study provided lncRNA candidates as additional benchmarks in tomato resistance to bacterial
speck.