Proteomics-based data integration of wheat cultivars facing Fusarium graminearum strains revealed a core-responsive pattern driving the fate of the interaction

The aim of this work is to dissect the plant component of the dual-proteome established during the FHB process using the same three wheat cultivars facing the three fungal strains as described in Fabre et al. (2019b). Qualitative and quantitative dissection of the three wheat cultivar proteomes was devoted to identify molecular events that drive the FHB-susceptibility differences. This included, the identification of (i) the generic molecular adjustments taking place during FHB progress, (ii) the cultivar-specific responses and their accommodation with different F. graminearum strains inducing FHB and (iii) the range of wheat proteins that basically discriminate the three wheat cultivars of contrasted susceptibility. The joint analysis of all these data with the fungal protein information was carried out to identify relationship between wheat protein abundance changes and fungal effectors differentially accumulated between the three F. graminearum strains (Fabre et al., 2019b).