Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Resistance Mechanism to Exserohilum turcicum in Maize

To further reveal the molecular mechanism of maize disease resistance to E. turcicum at the transcriptome level, we performed RNA-seq analysis in the resistant maize inbred lines (J9D207) and susceptible maize inbred lines (PH4CV). Furthermore, a comparative transcriptome profiling analysis of DEGs, GO (Gene Ontology) functional enrichment, KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) and co-expression networks were performed in this study. These results will provide a new insight into the resistance mechanism in maize against E. turcicum invasions and theoretical basis for breeding resistant varieties.