Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

The EDS1 family of structurally unique lipase-like proteins EDS1, SAG101, and PAD4
evolved in seed plants, on top of existing phytohormone and nucleotide-binding–leucine …

Salicylic acid (SA) is an important phytohormone that plays a vital role in a number of
physiological responses, including plant defense. The last two decades have witnessed a …

Nucleotide binding and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors (NLRs) have a critical role
in plant immunity through direct or indirect recognition of pathogen effectors. Recent studies …

Salicylic acid (SA), an essential regulator of plant defense, is derived from chorismate via
either the phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) or the isochorismate synthase (ICS) …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically controlled process that leads to cell suicide in
both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. In plants PCD occurs during development …

To successfully colonise plants, pathogens must circumvent the plant immune system.
Intracellular immune receptors of the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) class of …

Plants have many types of immune receptors that recognize diverse pathogen molecules
and activate the innate immune system. The intracellular immune receptor family of …

Phakopsora pachyrhizi is a biotrophic fungus provoking SBR disease. SBR poses a major
threat to global soybean production. Though several R genes provided soybean immunity to …

Taxonomy Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a species within the genus Potyvirus, family
Potyviridae, which includes almost one‐quarter of all known plant RNA viruses affecting …