Capsicum leaf and meristem LC-MS/MS

Capsicum frutescens is one of the chilli varieties, with erect, highly pungent fruits. This variety is used to prepare hot sauces, chilli concentrates, and oleoresin. Its fruits are also used in traditional Indian medicine to treat arthritis and zoster related pain management. Infection by Polyphagotarsonemus latus commonly called as the Broad mite in chilli, make the leaves turn coppery and dark, show symptoms of leaf curl and stunted growth that eventually results in low yield and economic loss. We carried out gel-free, labelled mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomic analysis of leaves and apical meristems of healthy and infected plants. We identified a total of 5799 proteins, of which total of which, 1677 proteins found to dysregulated in infested plants.