Adapted pathogens and pests seriously threaten global wheat production. During pathogen
and pest infections, wheat susceptibility (S) genes are exploited to support the compatibility …

WRKY transcription factors have diverse functions in regulating stress response, leaf
senescence, and plant growth and development. However, knowledge of the group IId …

There are two major strategies for functional analysis of genes in plants; gene
overexpression and gene under-expression. Gene over-expression approaches rely on the …

The resistance to late blight is either qualitative or quantitative in nature. Quantitative
resistance is durable, but challenging due to polygenic inheritance. In the present study, the …

Drought and salt stress are major environmental conditions that severely limit plant growth
and productivity. WRKY transcription factors play a vital role in the responses against biotic …

A plant-specific family of WRKY transcription factors regulates plant responses to pathogens
and abiotic stresses. Here, we identify two insect-responsive WRKY genes in the native …

Summary Arabidopsis RESISTANCE TO POWDERY MILDEW 8.1 (RPW8. 1) is an important
tool for engineering broad‐spectrum disease resistance against multiple pathogens. Ectopic …

Climate change is an undeniable threat to sustainable wheat production in the future as an
increased temperature will significantly increase grain loss due to the increased number of …

Background The rice transcription factor WRKY45 plays a crucial role in salicylic acid
(SA)/benzothiadiazole (BTH)-induced disease resistance. Its knockdown severely reduces …

Host‐induced gene silencing (HIGS) is an RNA interference‐based approach in which small
interfering RNA s (si RNA s) are produced in the host plant and subsequently move into the …