In this study, miR529-3p targets UCH-L5, was downregulated in YC05–179 after inoculation with S. scitamineum, whereas upregulated in ROC22 (Fig. 6A), suggesting that UCH-L5 may undergo ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation pathways to respond to S. scitamineum infection. Here, UCHL5 is linked to infection.