Durable disease resistance is a key component of global food security, and combining
resistance genes into “pyramids” is an important way to increase durability of resistance. The …

A major goal of plant breeding is to create cultivars that are resistant against one or more
pathogens. To achieve this, breeders have traditionally introgressed resistance from existing …

This review briefly addresses what has been learned about resistance durability in recent
years, as well as the questions that still remain. Molecular analyses of major gene …

Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-
input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect …

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 …

Breeding for disease resistance is a central focus of plant breeding programs, as any
successful variety must have the complete package of high yield, disease resistance …

Genomic approaches are beginning to revolutionize our understanding of plant disease
resistance. Large-scale sequencing will reveal the detailed organization of resistance-gene …

Plant resistance genes (R genes), especially the nucleotide binding site leucine-rich repeat
(NBS-LRR) family of sequences, have been extensively studied in terms of structural …

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 …

Although quantitative resistance loci provide partial and durable resistance to a range of
pathogen species in different crops, the molecular mechanism of quantitative disease …