TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF SYM28 AND SYM29 SUPERNODULATING MUTANTS OF PEA (PISUM SATIVUM L.) UNDER COMPLEX INOCULATION WITH BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS

. The aim of the present study was to analyze the response of pea cv. Frisson (wild type) and mutants P64 (sym28) and P88 (sym29) to complex inoculation with Rhizobia, AM fungi and PGPB, with regard to biomass accumulation, yield and transcriptomic alterations. The plants were grown in quartz sand for 2 and 4 weeks upon after inoculation with either Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae (Rh), or complex inoculation with Rh + AM, Rh + PGPB, and Rh+AM+PGPB, and the biomass and yield were assessed. Transcriptome sequencing of total while shoots and roots was performed using a modified RNAseq protocol named MACE (Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends).