Frontiers in Plant Science (Jul 2020)

A Novel In Vitro Tool to Study Cyst Nematode Chemotaxis

  • Yohana Laloum,
  • Bruno Ngala,
  • Mélina Ianszen,
  • Isabelle Boulogne,
  • Carole Plasson,
  • Sylvain Fournet,
  • Maxime Gotté,
  • Éric Nguema-Ona,
  • Anne-Claire Le Roux,
  • Virginie Gobert,
  • Azeddine Driouich,
  • Maïté Vicré

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01024
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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This study presents a novel three-dimensional (3D) tool “3D in vitro choice” for chemotaxis assays with cyst nematodes. The original 3D in vitro choice was customized through digital printing. Freshly hatched second stage juveniles (J2s) of the cyst nematode Globodera pallida were used as the nematode model to illustrate chemo-orientation behavior in the 3D system. The efficiency and reliability of the 3D in vitro choice were validated with 2% Phytagel as navigation medium, in three biological assays and using tomato root exudates or potato root border cells and their associated mucilage as a positive attractant as compared with water. For each biological assay, J2s were hatched from the same population of a single generation glasshouse-cultured cysts. This novel easy to use and low-cost 3d-device could be a useful replacement to Petri dishes assays in nematode behavioral studies due to the ease of deposition of nematodes and test substances, coupled with its distinctive zones that allow for precision in choice making by the nematodes.

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