Candidate Effector Pst_8713 Impairs the Plant Immunity and Contributes to Virulence of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici

Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the causal agent of stripe rust, is an obligate biotrophic pathogen responsible for severe wheat disease epidemics worldwide. Pst and other rust fungi are acknowledged to deliver many effector proteins to the host, but little is known about the effectors’ f...

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Main Authors: Mengxin Zhao, Jianfeng Wang, Sen Ji, Zengju Chen, Jinghua Xu, Chunlei Tang, Shuntao Chen, Zhensheng Kang, Xiaojie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01294/full