Table 4 Number of differentially expressed genes involved in plant-pathogen interaction and those encoding plant peptide for an alfalfa cultivar upon inoculation of two rhizobial strains

Genes involved in plant-pathogen interaction

CALM

3

1

2

28

CDPK

1

16

CERK1

1

CNGCs

6

EDS1

1

1

FLS2

6

HSP90B

1

LRR-RLK

5

11

7

5

1

5

123

LysM-RLK

1

6

MEKK1

1

21

PR1

3

1

PTI1

1

RBOH

1

8

RPP13

1

1

NBS-LRR

4

10

9

33

9

5

396

NB-ARC

7

1

4

2

3

85

WRKY25

1

6

WRKY29

2

1

1

Plant peptide

CLE

1

1

GRPs

14

30

NCRs

1

3

118

476

PSK

1

RALF

1

9

5

13