A large number of pathogenic microorganisms cause rice diseases that lead to enormous
yield losses worldwide. Such losses are important because rice is a staple food for more …

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. Rice blast, caused by the fungal
pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, and bacterial blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen …

Advances in studies of rice innate immunity have led to the identification and
characterization of host sensors encoding receptor kinases that perceive conserved …

The blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, causes serious disease on a wide variety of grasses
including rice, wheat and barley. The recognition of pathogens is an amazing ability of …

Rice blast, caused by the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most
destructive diseases of rice worldwide. The rice–M. oryzae pathosystem has become a …

Highlights•Two novel substrates for OsCERK1 revealed two chitin signaling pathways in
rice.•In vivo cleavage and nuclear translocation of Xa21 are required for its resistance.•Pairs …

Plant pathogens represent a huge threat to world food security, affecting both crop
production and quality. Although significant progress has been made in improving plant …

Recent advances in plant immunity research underpin the pivotal role of small-molecule
hormones in regulating the plant defense signaling network. Although most of our …

Plants use pattern recognition receptors to defend themselves from microbial pathogens.
These receptors recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and activate …

Plants encounter various microbes in nature and must respond appropriately to symbiotic or
pathogenic ones. In rice, the receptor-like kinase OsCERK1 is involved in recognizing both …