Advances in genomic and molecular technologies coupled with an increasing
understanding of the fine structure of many resistance and infectivity genes, have opened up …

Durable disease resistance is a major but elusive goal of many crop improvement programs.
Genomic approaches will have a significant impact on efforts to ameliorate plant diseases by …

Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

Studies on resistance gene function and evolution lie at the confluence of structural and
molecular biology, genetics, and plant breeding. However, knowledge from these disparate …

Microbial pathogens cause devastating diseases on economically and ecologically
important plant species, threatening global food security, and causing billions of dollars of …

The development of durable and broad‐spectrum resistance is an economical and eco‐
friendly approach to control crop diseases for sustainable agricultural production. Emerging …

Genetically controlled resistance provides plant breeders with an efficient means of
controlling plant disease, but this approach has been constrained by practical difficulties …

Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and affect food security
and agricultural sustainability. The improvement of crop resistance to pathogens through …

Activation of local and systemic plant defences in response to pathogen attack involves
dramatic cellular reprogramming. Over the past 10 years many novel genes, proteins and …

Plant diseases cause diverse problems ranging from total crop loss to loss of product quality.
Solutions implemented to control the damage caused by disease include cultural practice …