Understanding the plant immune system is crucial for using genetics to protect crops from
diseases. Plants resist pathogens via a two-tiered innate immune detection-and-response …

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

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 …

Wheat is one of the primary staple foods throughout the planet. Significant yield gains in
wheat production over the past 40 years have resulted in a steady balance of supply versus …

Fusarium head blight (FHB), which is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a
destructive wheat disease that threatens global wheat production. Fhb1, a quantitative trait …

Plants have developed a complex defense system against diverse pests and pathogens.
Once pathogens overcome mechanical barriers to infection, plant receptors initiate signaling …

Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

Plants are constantly exposed to would-be pathogens and pests, and thus have a
sophisticated immune system to ward off these threats, which otherwise can have …

Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and
Cercospora zeina, is a major foliar disease of maize worldwide (Zea mays L.). Here we …

Deployment of fast-evolving disease-resistance genes is one of the most successful
strategies used by plants to fend off pathogens 1, 2. In gene-for-gene relationships, most …