In parallel, DEGs encoding rust resistance kinase (RRK), serine/threonine-protein kinase (STPK), mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), CBL-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinases (CIPKs), and calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK) were induced mostly at late stages of infection with a higher expression ratio in the MF-CT group compared to the CHI_MF-CT group. This evidence concerns the gene WNK2 and infection.