sRNA Profiling Combined With Gene Function Analysis Reveals a Lack of Evidence for Cross-Kingdom RNAi in the Wheat – Zymoseptoria tritici Pathosystem

Cross-kingdom small RNA (sRNA) silencing has recently emerged as a mechanism facilitating fungal colonization and disease development. Here we characterized RNAi pathways in Zymoseptoria tritici, a major fungal pathogen of wheat, and assessed their contribution to pathogenesis. Computational analysi...

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Main Authors: Graeme J. Kettles, Bernhard J. Hofinger, Pingsha Hu, Carlos Bayon, Jason J. Rudd, Dirk Balmer, Mikael Courbot, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Gabriel Scalliet, Kostya Kanyuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00892/full