The study of plant diseases is almost as old as agriculture itself. Advancements in molecular
biology have given us much more insight into the plant immune system and how it detects …

Rice production needs to be sustained in the coming decades, as the changeable climatic
conditions are becoming more conducive to disease outbreaks. The majority of rice …

Abstract Background The protist Plasmodiophora brassicae is a biotrophic soil-borne
pathogen that causes clubroot on Brassica crops worldwide. Clubroot disease is a serious …

Phytophthora palmivora (Butler) is an hemibiotrophic oomycete capable of infecting over
200 plant species including one of the most economically important crops, Theobroma …

The NBS-LRR proteins are encoded by one of the largest and most important gene family
involved in disease resistance in plants. Many of these NBS-LRR proteins recognize …

The genus Brassica contains important vegetable crops, which serve as a source of oil seed,
condiments, and forages. However, their production is hampered by various diseases such …

Improving genetic resistance is a preferred method to manage Verticillium wilt of cotton and
other hosts. Identifying host resistance is difficult because of the dearth of resistance genes …

A major class of disease resistance (R) genes which encode n ucleotide b inding and l
eucine r ich r epeat (NB-LRR) proteins have been used in traditional breeding programs for …

Sugarcane is one of the most important agricultural crops in the world. However, pathogen
infection and herbivore attack cause constant losses in yield. Plants respond to pathogen …

Background Gossypium raimondii is a Verticillium wilt-resistant cotton species whose
genome encodes numerous disease resistance genes that play important roles in the …