Pathogen effectors and plant immunity determine specialization of the blast fungus to rice subspecies

Pathogen effectors and plant immunity determine specialization of the blast fungus to rice subspecies

Understanding how fungi specialize on their plant host is crucial for developing sustainable disease control. A traditional, centuries-old rice agro-system of the Yuanyang terraces was used as a model to show that virulence effectors of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzaeh play a key role in it...

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Main Authors: Jingjing Liao, Huichuan Huang, Isabelle Meusnier, Henri Adreit, Aurélie Ducasse, François Bonnot, Lei Pan, Xiahong He, Thomas Kroj, Elisabeth Fournier, Didier Tharreau, Pierre Gladieux, Jean-Benoit Morel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-12-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Oryza sativa
Magnaporthe oryzae
local adaptation
effector
immunity
indica japonica
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/19377

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