Gene expression during early infection of the resistant spring wheat cultivar Wuhan1 with Fusarium graminearum, the major causal agent of fusarium head blight in wheat. Triticum aestivum

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease of cereal crops caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum (Fg). FHB affects the flowering heads (or spikes). This study compare the gene expression profile in wheat spikelets from the resistant spring wheat cultivar Wuhan1 inoculated with water (H2O) or Fg. Overall design: We used the Affymetrix wheat array to compare wheat spikelets from the resistant spring wheat cultivar Wuhan1 inoculated with water (H) or Fg, using the point inoculation method; samplings were done at 1, 2 and 4 days (d) after inoculation, for 1 (1d) or 2 (2 and 4d) biological replicates