With the requirement to breed more productive crop plants in order to feed a growing global
population, compounded by increasingly widespread resistance to pesticides exhibited by …

Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) is a destructive citrus disease
worldwide. Generating disease-resistant cultivars is the most effective, environmentally …

Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of important crop diseases and is transmitted by xylem‐
sap‐feeding insects. The bacterium colonizes xylem vessels and can persist with a …

Summary Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) is the source of the world's finest fibre
quality cotton, yet relatively little is understood about genetic variations among diverse …

Citrus bacterial canker (CBC) results from Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) infection and
poses a grave threat to citrus production. Class III peroxidases (CIII Prxs) are key proteins to …

Wall-associated kinase (WAK) is widely involved in signal transduction, reproductive growth,
responses to pathogen infection and metal ion stress in plants. In this study, 19, 12, and 37 …

As the bacterial etiologic agent causing citrus bacterial canker (CBC), Xanthomonas citri
subsp. citri (Xcc) seriously impacts citrus plantation and fruit production globally. In an earlier …

Verticillium wilt is threatening the world's cotton production. The pathogenic fungus
Verticillium dahliae can survive in the soil in the form of microsclerotia for a long time …

Sharp eyespot, caused by necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia cerealis, is a serious fungal
disease in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Certain wall-associated receptor kinases (WAK) …

Background Verticillium wilt, caused by the soil borne fungus Verticillium dahliae, is a major
threat to cotton production worldwide. An increasing number of findings indicate that WAK …