De novo sequencing and characterization of defense transcriptome responsive to Pythium aphanidermatum infection in Curcuma longa L.

De novo sequencing and characterization of defense transcriptome responsive to Pythium aphanidermatum infection in Curcuma longa L.

• Defence transcriptomes responsive to Pythium aphanidermatum were analyzed in Curcuma longa.
• 2978 transcripts were differentially expressed in response to P. aphanidermatum infection.
• DEGs encoding NBS-LRRs, receptor kinases and WRKYs were highly enriched during pathogen attack.
• ET and JA signaling constitute a synergistic defence response against P. aphanidermatum.
• Counter-defense action in turmeric involved terpinoids and polyphenol biosynthesis