Enhancing essential grains yield for sustainable food security and bio-safe agriculture through latest innovative approaches

G Albahri, AA Alyamani, A Badran, A Hijazi, M Nasser… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
A key concern in agriculture is how to feed the expanding population and safeguard the
environment from the ill effects of climate change. To feed a growing global population, food …

Resistance that stacks up: engineering rust and mildew disease control in the cereal crops wheat and barley

PM Dracatos, J Lu, J SánchezMartín… - Plant biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Staying ahead of the arms race against rust and mildew diseases in cereal crops is essential
to maintain and preserve food security. The methodological challenges associated with …

An unusual tandem kinase fusion protein confers leaf rust resistance in wheat

Y Wang, M Abrouk, S Gourdoupis, DH Koo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The introgression of chromosome segments from wild relatives is an established strategy to
enrich crop germplasm with disease-resistance genes. Here we use mutagenesis and …

Genomics-informed prebreeding unlocks the diversity in genebanks for wheat improvement

AW Schulthess, SM Kale, F Liu, Y Zhao, N Philipp… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The great efforts spent in the maintenance of past diversity in genebanks are rationalized by
the potential role of plant genetic resources (PGR) in future crop improvement—a concept …

The wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr43 encodes an unusual protein kinase

G Yu, O Matny, S Gourdoupis, N Rayapuram… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
To safeguard bread wheat against pests and diseases, breeders have introduced over 200
resistance genes into its genome, thus nearly doubling the number of designated resistance …

Aegilops sharonensis genome-assisted identification of stem rust resistance gene Sr62

G Yu, O Matny, N Champouret, B Steuernagel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The wild relatives and progenitors of wheat have been widely used as sources of disease
resistance (R) genes. Molecular identification and characterization of these R genes …

Sequencing trait-associated mutations to clone wheat rust-resistance gene YrNAM

F Ni, Y Zheng, X Liu, Y Yu, G Zhang, L Epstein… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), can significantly affect
wheat production. Cloning resistance genes is critical for efficient and effective breeding of …

Genome sequences of three Aegilops species of the section Sitopsis reveal phylogenetic relationships and provide resources for wheat improvement

R Avni, T Lux, A MinzDub, E Millet, H Sela… - The Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aegilops is a close relative of wheat (Triticum spp.), and Aegilops species in the section
Sitopsis represent a rich reservoir of genetic diversity for the improvement of wheat. To …

[HTML][HTML] R we there yet? Advances in cloning resistance genes for engineering immunity in crop plants

R Chen, K Gajendiran, BBH Wulff - Current opinion in plant biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, significant progress has been made in the field of resistance
(R) gene cloning. Advances in recombinant DNA technology, genome sequencing …

Genome-wide atlas of rust resistance loci in wheat

J Tong, C Zhao, D Liu, DT Jambuthenne, M Sun… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Rust diseases, including leaf rust, stripe/yellow rust, and stem rust, significantly impact wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.) yields, causing substantial economic losses every year. Breeding and …