[HTML][HTML] Breeding for disease resistance in soybean: a global perspective

F Lin, SS Chhapekar, CC Vieira, MP Da Silva… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Key message This review provides a comprehensive atlas of QTLs, genes, and alleles
conferring resistance to 28 important diseases in all major soybean production regions in …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of NLR activation and innate immune signalling in plants

N Maruta, H Burdett, BYJ Lim, X Hu, S Desa, MK Manik… - Immunogenetics, 2022 - Springer
Animals and plants have NLRs (nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors) that
recognize the presence of pathogens and initiate innate immune responses. In plants, there …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for directional chitin biosynthesis

W Chen, P Cao, Y Liu, A Yu, D Wang, L Chen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chitin, the most abundant aminopolysaccharide in nature, is an extracellular polymer
consisting of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) units. The key reactions of chitin biosynthesis …

[HTML][HTML] Dissection of a rapidly evolving wheat resistance gene cluster by long-read genome sequencing accelerated the cloning of Pm69

Y Li, ZZ Wei, H Sela, L Govta, V Klymiuk… - Plant …, 2024 - cell.com
Gene cloning in repeat-rich polyploid genomes remains challenging. Here, we describe a
strategy for overcoming major bottlenecks in cloning of the powdery mildew resistance gene …

[HTML][HTML] A potato late blight resistance gene protects against multiple Phytophthora species by recognizing a broadly conserved RXLR-WY effector

X Lin, A Olave-Achury, R Heal, M Pais, K Witek… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Species of the genus Phytophthora, the plant killer, cause disease and reduce yields in
many crop plants. Although many Resistance to Phytophthora infestans (Rpi) genes …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in soybean genetic transformation over the last decade

H Xu, Y Guo, L Qiu, Y Ran - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Soybean is one of the important food, feed, and biofuel crops in the world. Soybean genome
modification by genetic transformation has been carried out for trait improvement for more …

Understandings and future challenges in soybean functional genomics and molecular breeding

H Du, C Fang, Y Li, F Kong, B Liu - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean (Glycine max) is a major source of plant protein and oil. Soybean breeding has
benefited from advances in functional genomics. In particular, the release of soybean …

SlWRKY30 and SlWRKY81 synergistically modulate tomato immunity to Ralstonia solanacearum by directly regulating SlPR-STH2

F Dang, J Lin, Y Li, R Jiang, Y Fang, F Ding… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial wilt is a devastating disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) caused by
Ralstonia solanacearum that severely threatens tomato production. Group III WRKY …

[HTML][HTML] A global-temporal analysis on Phytophthora sojae resistance-gene efficacy

AG McCoy, RR Belanger, CA Bradley… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant disease resistance genes are widely used in agriculture to reduce disease outbreaks
and epidemics and ensure global food security. In soybean, Rps (Resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] Improved pearl millet genomes representing the global heterotic pool offer a framework for molecular breeding applications

P Ramu, RK Srivastava, A Sanyal, K Fengler… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
High-quality reference genome assemblies, representative of global heterotic patterns, offer
an ideal platform to accurately characterize and utilize genetic variation in the primary gene …