Broad‐spectrum resistance is highly preferred in crop breeding programmes. Previously, we
have reported the identification of the broad‐spectrum resistance‐Digu 1 (bsr‐d1) allele …

Rhizoctonia solani is a widely distributed phytopathogen that causes banded leaf and
sheath blight in maize and sheath blight in rice. Here, we identified an F-box protein …

Emerging evidence suggests that E3 ligases play critical roles in diverse biological
processes, including innate immune responses in plants. However, the mechanism of the E3 …

Rhizoctonia solani is a soil‐borne fungus causing sheath blight. In consistent with its
necrotrophic life style, no rice cultivars fully resistant to R. solani are known, and …

The planthopper resistance gene Bph6 encodes a protein that interacts with OsEXO70E1.
EXO70 forms a family of paralogues in rice. We hypothesized that the EXO70‐dependent …

DELLA proteins, negative regulators of the gibberellin (GA) pathway, play important roles in
plant growth, development and pathogen resistance by regulating multiple phytohormone …

Flavonoids are important plant pigments and defense compounds; understanding the
transcriptional regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis may enable engineering crops with …

Rice sheath blight and blast caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn and Magnorpathe oryzae
respectively, are the two most destructive fungal diseases in rice. With no genetic natural …

Receptor‐like proteins (RLPs) lacking the cytoplasmic kinase domain play crucial roles in
plant growth, development and immunity. However, what remains largely elusive is whether …

Plant cell walls are the first physical barrier against pathogen invasion, and plants thicken
the cell wall to strengthen it and restrain pathogen infection. Bacterial blight is a devastating …