The aboveground parts of terrestrial plants are colonized by a variety of microbes that
collectively constitute the phyllosphere microbiota. Decades of pioneering work using …

Plant diseases reduce crop yields and threaten global food security, making the selection of
disease-resistant cultivars a major goal of crop breeding. Broad-spectrum resistance (BSR) …

Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases affecting rice worldwide. The adoption of
host resistance has proven to be the most economical and effective approach to control rice …

The infection of bacteria and fungus is one of the most challenging global threats to human
health. With the recent advancement in nanoscience and nanotechnology, much progress …

Abstract Background In February 2016, a new fungal disease was spotted in wheat fields
across eight districts in Bangladesh. The epidemic spread to an estimated 15,000 hectares …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop, feeding more than 50% of the world's population.
Diseases caused by bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens constantly threaten the rice …

Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

Sheath blight caused by necrotrophic fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kühn is one of the most
serious diseases of rice. Use of high yielding semi dwarf cultivars with dense planting and …

Wheat blast is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Triticum pathotype (MoT). The
potential for wheat blast to cause widespread losses demands immediate action to …

Plants have developed effective mechanisms to recognize and respond to infections caused
by pathogens. Plant resistance gene analogs (RGAs), as resistance (R) gene candidates …