The hypersensitive defence response is found in all higher plants and is characterized by a
rapid cell death at the point of pathogen ingress. It is usually associated with pathogen …

The plant microbiomes play important role in plant growth promotion and soil fertility for
sustainable agriculture. Plant and soil are valuable natural resource harbouring hotspots of …

Plant diseases are among the major causes of crop yield losses around the world. To confer
disease resistance, conventional breeding relies on the deployment of single resistance (R) …

Plants possess large arsenals of immune receptors capable of recognizing all pathogen
classes. To cause disease, pathogenic organisms must be able to overcome physical …

Oomycetes form a deep lineage of eukaryotic organisms that includes a large number of
plant pathogens which threaten natural and managed ecosystems. We undertook a survey …

Genome editing by sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) has revolutionized biology by
enabling targeted modifications of genomes. Although routine plant genome editing …

Plants defend themselves from most microbial attacks via mechanisms including cell wall
fortification, production of antimicrobial compounds, and generation of reactive oxygen …

Phytophthora capsici is a destructive oomycete pathogen of vegetable, ornamental, and
tropical crops. First described by LH Leonian in 1922 as a pathogen of pepper in New …

The maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis is a model organism for elucidating host
colonization strategies of biotrophic fungi. Here, we performed an in depth transcriptional …

The hemibiotrophic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici causes Septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat
(Triticum aestivum). Pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration …