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Nazareno ES, Matny O, Jin Y, Fetch T, Rouse MN, Steffenson BJ. Virulence Dynamics of the Barley Leaf Rust Pathogen ( Puccinia hordei) in the United States from 1989 to 2020. PLANT DISEASE 2023; 107:3952-3957. [PMID: 37415351 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-03-23-0583-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Barley leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is an important disease of barley worldwide. The pathogen can develop new races that overcome resistance genes, emphasizing the need for monitoring its virulence. This study characterized 519 P. hordei isolates collected in the United States from the 1989 to 2000 and 2010 to 2020 survey periods on 15 Rph (Reaction to Puccinia hordei) genes. We analyzed linearized infection type data to detect virulence patterns across the United States and in five geographical regions: Pacific/West (PW), Southwest (SW), Midwest (MW), Northeast (NE), and Southeast (SE). Over 32 years, we observed high mean infection scores for Rph1.a, Rph4.d, and Rph8.h; intermediate scores for Rph2.b, Rph9.i, Rph10.o, Rph11.p, and Rph13.x; and low scores for Rph3.c, Rph5.e, Rph5.f, Rph7.g, Rph9.z, Rph14.ab, and Rph15.ad. Virulence for Rph2.b, Rph3.c, Rph5.e, Rph9.z, Rph10.o, Rph11.p, and Rph13.x significantly differed between the two survey periods. From 1989 to 2020, regional patterns of virulence were found for Rph5.e, Rph5.f, Rph7.g, and Rph14.ab, while regionalities of virulence for Rph3.c, Rph9.i, Rph9.z were only observed in the 2010 to 2020 survey period. Virulence associations were also detected in the P. hordei population. Notably, isolates that were virulent to Rph5.e and Rph6.f were more likely to be avirulent to Rph7.g and Rph13.x, and vice versa. In decreasing order of effectiveness, Rph15.ad, Rph5.e, Rph3.c, Rph9.z, Rph7.g, Rph5.f, and Rph14.ab were the most effective Rph genes in the United States from 1989 to 2020. Pyramiding Rph15.ad with other widely effective Rph and adult plant resistance genes may provide long-lasting resistance against P. hordei.
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- Eric S Nazareno
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
- Cereal Disease Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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- Morden Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
- Cereal Disease Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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Fang H, Chang J, Zhang T, Chen Z, Wang G, Cui Y, Sui J, Zhang L, Liu C, Gu Y, Hua XW. Discovery of Fungicidal Hydrazide Lead Compounds Derived from Sinapic Acid and Mycophenolic Acid. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:17988-17998. [PMID: 37916897 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c04641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Structure optimization based on natural products has become an effective way to develop new green fungicides. In this project, thirty-two novel NPs-derived hydrazide compounds were designed and synthesized by introducing the bioactive hydrazide substructure into sinapic acid and mycophenolic acid. The fungicidal bioassays indicated that the obtained hydrazide compounds showed excellent and selective fungicidal activity against specific pathogens, especially compounds C8, D7, and D8 with EC50 values of 0.63, 0.56, and 0.43 μg mL-1 against M. oryzae, respectively. SAR indicated that the introduction of 4-fluoro, 4-chloro, and 2,4-difluoro groups was conducive to improving the fungicidal activity, while the extension of the hydrazide bridge would affect the selectivity for inhibitory activity. Subsequently, the effects of hydrazide compounds on rice seedling and zebrafish growth were also investigated. The fungicidal mechanism implied that treatment with compound B4 would cause significant changes in metabolites of plasma membrane-related linolenic acid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, and α-linolenic acid metabolism pathways, which further led to the wrinkled hyphae and the blurred plasma membrane and cytoplasm. Finally, the frontier molecular orbitals and charge distribution were calculated to analyze the differences in bioactivity from a structural perspective. These results provide important guidance for the development and practical application of novel fungicides.
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- Hongbin Fang
- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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- Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., LTD., Tianjin 300410, P. R. China
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- Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Syngenta Ltd., Bracknell RG42 6EY, U.K
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- College of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
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Dracatos PM, Lu J, Sánchez‐Martín J, Wulff BB. Resistance that stacks up: engineering rust and mildew disease control in the cereal crops wheat and barley. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:1938-1951. [PMID: 37494504 PMCID: PMC10502761 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Staying ahead of the arms race against rust and mildew diseases in cereal crops is essential to maintain and preserve food security. The methodological challenges associated with conventional resistance breeding are major bottlenecks for deploying resistance (R) genes in high-yielding crop varieties. Advancements in our knowledge of plant genomes, structural mechanisms, innovations in bioinformatics, and improved plant transformation techniques have alleviated this bottleneck by permitting rapid gene isolation, functional studies, directed engineering of synthetic resistance and precise genome manipulation in elite crop cultivars. Most cloned cereal R genes encode canonical immune receptors which, on their own, are prone to being overcome through selection for resistance-evading pathogenic strains. However, the increasingly large repertoire of cloned R genes permits multi-gene stacking that, in principle, should provide longer-lasting resistance. This review discusses how these genomics-enabled developments are leading to new breeding and biotechnological opportunities to achieve durable rust and powdery mildew control in cereals.
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- Peter M. Dracatos
- La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture & Food (LISAF)Department of Animal, Plant and Soil SciencesLa Trobe UniversityVIC 3086Australia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)ThuwalSaudi Arabia
- Center for Desert AgricultureKAUSTThuwalSaudi Arabia
- College of Life SciencesSichuan UniversityChengduChina
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesChengduChina
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- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish‐Portuguese Agricultural Research Center (CIALE)University of SalamancaSalamancaSpain
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)ThuwalSaudi Arabia
- Center for Desert AgricultureKAUSTThuwalSaudi Arabia
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Chen C, Jost M, Outram MA, Friendship D, Chen J, Wang A, Periyannan S, Bartoš J, Holušová K, Doležel J, Zhang P, Bhatt D, Singh D, Lagudah E, Park RF, Dracatos PM. A pathogen-induced putative NAC transcription factor mediates leaf rust resistance in barley. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5468. [PMID: 37673864 PMCID: PMC10482968 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41021-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is one of the most widespread and damaging foliar diseases affecting barley. The barley leaf rust resistance locus Rph7 has been shown to have unusually high sequence and haplotype divergence. In this study, we isolate the Rph7 gene using a fine mapping and RNA-Seq approach that is confirmed by mutational analysis and transgenic complementation. Rph7 is a pathogen-induced, non-canonical resistance gene encoding a protein that is distinct from other known plant disease resistance proteins in the Triticeae. Structural analysis using an AlphaFold2 protein model suggests that Rph7 encodes a putative NAC transcription factor with a zinc-finger BED domain with structural similarity to the N-terminal DNA-binding domain of the NAC transcription factor (ANAC019) from Arabidopsis. A global gene expression analysis suggests Rph7 mediates the activation and strength of the basal defence response. The isolation of Rph7 highlights the diversification of resistance mechanisms available for engineering disease control in crops.
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- Chunhong Chen
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
- The University of Southern Queensland, School of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Centre for Crop Health, Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, CZ-77900, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, CZ-77900, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, CZ-77900, Czech Republic
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia.
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia.
- La Trobe Institute for Sustainable Agriculture & Food (LISAF), Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
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Xu S, Lyu Z, Zhang N, Li M, Wei X, Gao Y, Cheng X, Ge W, Li X, Bao Y, Yang Z, Ma X, Wang H, Kong L. Genetic mapping of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr19 and development of translocation lines to break its linkage with yellow pigment. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:200. [PMID: 37639002 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04425-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE The leaf rust resistance gene Lr19, which is present on the long arm of chromosome 7E1 in Thinopyrum ponticum, was mapped within a 0.3-cM genetic interval, and translocation lines were developed to break its linkage with yellow pigmentation The leaf rust resistance locus Lr19, which was transferred to wheat (Triticum aestivum) from its relative Thinopyrum ponticum in 1966, still confers broad resistance to most known races of the leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina (Pt) worldwide. However, this gene has not previously been fine-mapped, and its tight linkage with a gene causing yellow pigmentation has limited its application in bread wheat breeding. In this study, we genetically mapped Lr19 using a bi-parental population from a cross of two wheat-Th. ponticum substitution lines, the Lr19-carrying line 7E1(7D) and the leaf rust-susceptible line 7E2(7D). Genetic analysis of the F2 population and the F2:3 families showed that Lr19 was a single dominant gene. Genetic markers allowed the gene to be mapped within a 0.3-cM interval on the long arm of Th. ponticum chromosome 7E1, flanked by markers XsdauK3734 and XsdauK2839. To reduce the size of the Th. ponticum chromosome segment carrying Lr19, the Chinese Spring Ph1b mutant was employed to promote recombination between the homoeologous chromosomes of the wheat chromosome 7D and the Th. ponticum chromosome 7E1. Two translocation lines with short Th. ponticum chromosome fragments carrying Lr19 were identified using the genetic markers closely linked to Lr19. Both translocation lines were resistant to 16 Pt races collected throughout China. Importantly, the linkage between Lr19 and yellow pigment content was broken in one of the lines. Thus, the Lr19 linked markers and translocation lines developed in this study are valuable resources in marker-assisted selection as part of common wheat breeding programs.
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- Shoushen Xu
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, Sichun, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Xiong W, Berke L, Michelmore R, van Workum DJM, Becker FFM, Schijlen E, Bakker LV, Peters S, van Treuren R, Jeuken M, Bouwmeester K, Schranz ME. The genome of Lactuca saligna, a wild relative of lettuce, provides insight into non-host resistance to the downy mildew Bremia lactucae. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 115:108-126. [PMID: 36987839 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Lactuca saligna L. is a wild relative of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), with which it is partially interfertile. Hybrid progeny suffer from hybrid incompatibility (HI), resulting in reduced fertility and distorted transmission ratios. Lactuca saligna displays broad-spectrum resistance against lettuce downy mildew caused by Bremia lactucae Regel and is considered a non-host species. This phenomenon of resistance in L. saligna is called non-host resistance (NHR). One possible mechanism behind this NHR is through the plant-pathogen interaction triggered by pathogen recognition receptors, including nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins and receptor-like kinases (RLKs). We report a chromosome-level genome assembly of L. saligna (accession CGN05327), leading to the identification of two large paracentric inversions (>50 Mb) between L. saligna and L. sativa. Genome-wide searches delineated the major resistance clusters as regions enriched in NLRs and RLKs. Three of the enriched regions co-locate with previously identified NHR intervals. RNA-seq analysis of Bremia-infected lettuce identified several differentially expressed RLKs in NHR regions. Three tandem wall-associated kinase-encoding genes (WAKs) in the NHR8 interval display particularly high expression changes at an early stage of infection. We propose RLKs as strong candidates for determinants of the NHR phenotype of L. saligna.
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- Wei Xiong
- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN), Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Arifuzzaman M, Jost M, Wang M, Chen X, Perovic D, Park RF, Rouse M, Forrest K, Hayden M, Khan GA, Dracatos PM. Mining the Australian Grains Gene Bank for Rust Resistance in Barley. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10860. [PMID: 37446042 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Global barley production is threatened by plant pathogens, especially the rusts. In this study we used a targeted genotype-by-sequencing (GBS) assisted GWAS approach to identify rust resistance alleles in a collection of 287 genetically distinct diverse barley landraces and historical cultivars available in the Australian Grains Genebank (AGG) and originally sourced from Eastern Europe. The accessions were challenged with seven US-derived cereal rust pathogen races including Puccinia hordei (Ph-leaf rust) race 17VA12C, P. coronata var. hordei (Pch-crown rust) race 91NE9305 and five pathogenically diverse races of P. striiformis f. sp. hordei (Psh-stripe rust) (PSH-33, PSH-48, PSH-54, PSH-72 and PSH-100) and phenotyped quantitatively at the seedling stage. Novel resistance factors were identified on chromosomes 1H, 2H, 4H and 5H in response to Pch, whereas a race-specific QTL on 7HS was identified that was effective only to Psh isolates PSH-72 and PSH-100. A major effect QTL on chromosome 5HL conferred resistance to all Psh races including PSH-72, which is virulent on all 12 stripe rust differential tester lines. The same major effect QTL was also identified in response to leaf rust (17VA12C) suggesting this locus contains several pathogen specific rust resistance genes or the same gene is responsible for both leaf rust and stripe rust resistance. Twelve accessions were highly resistant to both leaf and stripe rust diseases and also carried the 5HL QTL. We subsequently surveyed the physical region at the 5HL locus for across the barley pan genome variation in the presence of known resistance gene candidates and identified a rich source of high confidence protein kinase and antifungal genes in the QTL region.
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- Md Arifuzzaman
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kuehn-Institute, Erwin-Baur-Strasse 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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Wang Y, Abrouk M, Gourdoupis S, Koo DH, Karafiátová M, Molnár I, Holušová K, Doležel J, Athiyannan N, Cavalet-Giorsa E, Jaremko Ł, Poland J, Krattinger SG. An unusual tandem kinase fusion protein confers leaf rust resistance in wheat. Nat Genet 2023:10.1038/s41588-023-01401-2. [PMID: 37217716 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01401-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The introgression of chromosome segments from wild relatives is an established strategy to enrich crop germplasm with disease-resistance genes1. Here we use mutagenesis and transcriptome sequencing to clone the leaf rust resistance gene Lr9, which was introduced into bread wheat from the wild grass species Aegilops umbellulata2. We established that Lr9 encodes an unusual tandem kinase fusion protein. Long-read sequencing of a wheat Lr9 introgression line and the putative Ae. umbellulata Lr9 donor enabled us to assemble the ~28.4-Mb Lr9 translocation and to identify the translocation breakpoint. We likewise cloned Lr58, which was reportedly introgressed from Aegilops triuncialis3, but has an identical coding sequence compared to Lr9. Cytogenetic and haplotype analyses corroborate that the two genes originate from the same translocation event. Our work sheds light on the emerging role of kinase fusion proteins in wheat disease resistance, expanding the repertoire of disease-resistance genes for breeding.
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- Yajun Wang
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center and Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
- Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
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Sun E, Yu H, Chen Z, Cai M, Mao X, Li Y, Zuo C. The enhanced Valsa canker resistance conferred by MdLecRK-S.4.3 in Pyrus betulifolia can be largely suppressed by PbePUB36. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023:erad126. [PMID: 37013998 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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L-type lectin receptor-like kinases (L-LecRKs) act as a sensor of extracellular signals and an initiator for plant immune responses. However, the function of LecRK-S.4 on plant immunity has not been extensively investigated. At present, in the apple (Malus domestica) genome, we identified that MdLecRK-S.4.3, a homologous gene of LecRK-S.4, was differentially expressed during the occursion of Valsa canker. Over-expression of MdLecRK-S.4.3 facilitated the induction of immune response and enhanced the Valsa canker resistance of apple and pear fruit, and 'Duli-G03' (Pyrus betulifolia) suspension cells. On the contrary, the expression of PbePUB36, RLCK XI subfamily member, was significantly repressed in the MdLecRK-S.4.3 overexpressed cell lines. Over-expression of PbePUB36 interfered with the Valsa canker resistance and immune response caused by up-regulation of MdLecRK-S.4.3. Furthermore, MdLecRK-S.4.3 interacted with BAK1 or PbePUB36 in vivo. In conclusion, MdLecRK-S.4.3 activated various immune responses and positively regulate Valsa canker resistance, which could be largely compromised by PbePUB36. MdLecRK-S.4.3 interacted with PbePUB36 and/or MdBAK1 to mediate the immune responses. This finding provides a reference for studying the molecular mechanism of resistance to Valsa canker and resistance breeding.
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- E Sun
- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
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- Agro-Biological Gene Research Center, Guangdong Academy of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
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- College of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Norman M, Bariana H, Bansal U, Periyannan S. The Keys to Controlling Wheat Rusts: Identification and Deployment of Genetic Resistance. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:667-677. [PMID: 36897760 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-23-0041-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Rust diseases are among the major constraints for wheat production worldwide due to the emergence and spread of highly destructive races of Puccinia. The most common approach to minimize yield losses due to rust is to use cultivars that are genetically resistant. Modern wheat cultivars, landraces, and wild relatives can contain undiscovered resistance genes, which typically encode kinase or nucleotide-binding site leucine rich repeat (NLR) domain containing receptor proteins. Recent research has shown that these genes can provide either resistance in all growth stages (all-stage resistance; ASR) or specially in later growth stages (adult-plant resistance; APR). ASR genes are pathogen and race-specific, meaning can function against selected races of the Puccinia fungus due to the necessity to recognize specific avirulence molecules in the pathogen. APR genes are either pathogen-specific or multipathogen resistant but often race-nonspecific. Prediction of resistance genes through rust infection screening alone remains complex when more than one resistance gene is present. However, breakthroughs during the past half century such as the single-nucleotide polymorphism-based genotyping techniques and resistance gene isolation strategies like mutagenesis, resistance gene enrichment, and sequencing (MutRenSeq), mutagenesis and chromosome sequencing (MutChromSeq), and association genetics combined with RenSeq (AgRenSeq) enables rapid transfer of resistance from source to modern cultivars. There is a strong need for combining multiple genes for better efficacy and longer-lasting resistance. Hence, techniques like gene cassette creation speeds up the gene combination process, but their widespread adoption and commercial use is limited due to their transgenic nature.
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- Michael Norman
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, 107 Cobbitty Road, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Bourke Road, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, 107 Cobbitty Road, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science & Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia
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Oh S, Kim S, Park HJ, Kim MS, Seo MK, Wu CH, Lee HA, Kim HS, Kamoun S, Choi D. Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat network underlies nonhost resistance of pepper against the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023. [PMID: 36912620 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Nonhost resistance (NHR) is a robust plant immune response against non-adapted pathogens. A number of nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins that recognize non-adapted pathogens have been identified, although the underlying molecular mechanisms driving robustness of NHR are still unknown. Here, we screened 57 effectors of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans in nonhost pepper (Capsicum annuum) to identify avirulence effector candidates. Selected effectors were tested against 436 genome-wide cloned pepper NLRs, and we identified multiple functional NLRs that recognize P. infestans effectors and confer disease resistance in the Nicotiana benthamiana as a surrogate system. The identified NLRs were homologous to known NLRs derived from wild potatoes that recognize P. infestans effectors such as Avr2, Avrblb1, Avrblb2, and Avrvnt1. The identified CaRpi-blb2 is a homologue of Rpi-blb2, recognizes Avrblb2 family effectors, exhibits feature of lineage-specifically evolved gene in microsynteny and phylogenetic analyses, and requires pepper-specific NRC (NLR required for cell death)-type helper NLR for proper function. Moreover, CaRpi-blb2-mediated hypersensitive response and blight resistance were more tolerant to suppression by the PITG_15 278 than those mediated by Rpi-blb2. Combined results indicate that pepper has stacked multiple NLRs recognizing effectors of non-adapted P. infestans, and these NLRs could be more tolerant to pathogen-mediated immune suppression than NLRs derived from the host plants. Our study suggests that NLRs derived from nonhost plants have potential as untapped resources to develop crops with durable resistance against fast-evolving pathogens by stacking the network of nonhost NLRs into susceptible host plants.
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- Soohyun Oh
- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Smart Horticulture, Yonam University, Cheonan, South Korea
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- Korean Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, South Korea
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Plant Immunity Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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Wu Y, Sexton W, Yang B, Xiao S. Genetic approaches to dissect plant nonhost resistance mechanisms. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2023; 24:272-283. [PMID: 36617319 PMCID: PMC9923397 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Nonhost resistance (NHR) refers to the immunity of most tested genotypes of a plant species to most tested variants of a pathogen species. Thus, NHR is broad spectrum and durable in nature and constitutes a major safety barrier against invasion of a myriad of potentially pathogenic microbes in any plants including domesticated crops. Genetic study of NHR is generally more difficult compared to host resistance mainly because NHR is genetically more complicated and often lacks intraspecific polymorphisms. Nevertheless, substantial progress has been made towards the understanding of the molecular basis of NHR in the past two decades using various approaches. Not surprisingly, molecular mechanisms of NHR revealed so far encompasses pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity and effector-triggered immunity. In this review, we briefly discuss the inherent difficulty in genetic studies of NHR and summarize the main approaches that have been taken to identify genes contributing to NHR. We also discuss new enabling strategies for dissecting multilayered NHR in model plants with a focus on NHR against filamentous pathogens, especially biotrophic pathogens such as powdery mildew and rust fungi.
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- Ying Wu
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology ResearchUniversity of Maryland College ParkRockvilleMarylandUSA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology ResearchUniversity of Maryland College ParkRockvilleMarylandUSA
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, Bond Life Sciences CenterUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt. LouisMissouriUSA
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology ResearchUniversity of Maryland College ParkRockvilleMarylandUSA
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMarylandUSA
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Dracatos PM, Lück S, Douchkov DK. Diversifying Resistance Mechanisms in Cereal Crops Using Microphenomics. PLANT PHENOMICS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2023; 5:0023. [PMID: 37040289 PMCID: PMC10076052 DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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- Peter M. Dracatos
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben, Germany
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Han P, Li R, Yue Q, Li F, Nie J, Yin Z, Xu M, Guan Q, Huang L. The Apple Receptor-Like Kinase MdSRLK3 Positively Regulates Resistance Against Pathogenic Fungus Valsa mali by Affecting the Ca 2+ Signaling Pathway. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2187-2197. [PMID: 35509209 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-11-21-0471-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Valsa mali is the main pathogenic fungus that causes the apple Valsa canker, a destructive disease severely threatening apple production in the world. However, the underlying key components involved in resistance against V. mali in apple trees remain largely unexplored. Here, we isolated and functionally characterized a G-type lectin S-receptor-like protein kinase MdSRLK3 from the cultivar Royal Gala derivative line GL-3. qRT-PCR showed that the relative expression of MdSRLK3 in apple branches reached its highest level at 24 h post V. mali inoculation, which was 13.42 times higher than without inoculation. Transient overexpression of MdSRLK3 enhanced apple resistance against V. mali, while transient silencing of MdSRLK3 reduced its resistance against the pathogen. More importantly, stable silencing of MdSRLK3 resulted in reduced resistance against this fungus. Furthermore, we demonstrated that MdSRLK3 positively regulated apple resistance by affecting the Ca2+ signaling pathway, and the regulation was also related to the H2O2 and callose signaling pathways. Overall, our data reveal that MdSRLK3 is a positive regulator of apple immunity.
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- Pengliang Han
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Dinh HX, Pourkheirandish M, Park RF, Singh D. The genetic basis and interaction of genes conferring resistance to Puccinia hordei in an ICARDA barley breeding line GID 5779743. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:988322. [PMID: 36051292 PMCID: PMC9425046 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.988322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Leaf rust of barley causes significant losses in crops of susceptible cultivars. Deploying host resistance is the most cost-effective and eco-sustainable strategy to protect the harvest. However, most known leaf rust resistance genes have been overcome by the pathogen due to the pathogen's evolution and adaptation. The discovery of novel sources of genetic resistance is vital to keep fighting against pathogen evolution. In this study, we investigated the genetic basis of resistance in barley breeding line GID 5779743 (GID) from ICARDA, found to carry high levels of seedling resistance to prevalent Australian pathotypes of Puccinia hordei. Multipathotype tests, genotyping, and marker-trait associations revealed that the resistance in GID is conferred by two independent genes. The first gene, Rph3, was detected using a linked CAPS marker and QTL analysis. The second gene was detected by QTL analysis and mapped to the same location as that of the Rph5 locus on the telomeric region of chromosome 3HS. The segregating ratio in F2 (conforming to 9 resistant: 7 susceptible genetic ratio; p > 0.8) and F3 (1 resistant: 8 segregating: 7 susceptible; p > 0.19) generations of the GID × Gus population, when challenged with pathotype 5477 P- (virulent on Rph3 and Rph5) suggested the interaction of two genes in a complementary fashion. This study demonstrated that Rph3 interacts with Rph5 or an additional locus closely linked to Rph5 (tentatively designated RphGID) in GID to produce an incompatible response when challenged with a pathotype virulent on Rph3+Rph5.
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- Hoan X. Dinh
- Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Science, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Yu X, Casonato S, Jones EE, Butler RC, Johnston PA, Chng S. Phenotypic characterization of the Hordeum bulbosum derived leaf rust resistance genes Rph22 and Rph26 in barley. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 133:2083-2094. [PMID: 35815837 PMCID: PMC9546178 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Aims Two introgression lines (ILs), 182Q20 and 200A12, which had chromosomal segments introgressed from Hordeum bulbosum in H. vulgare backgrounds, were identified to show seedling resistance against Puccinia hordei, possibly attributed to two resistance genes, Rph22 and Rph26, respectively. This study characterized the phenotypic responses of the two genes against P. hordei over different plant development stages. Methods and Results Using visual and fungal biomass assessments, responses of ILs 182Q20, 200A12 and four other barley cultivars against P. hordei were determined at seedling, tillering, stem elongation and booting stages. Plants carrying either Rph22 or Rph26 were found to confer gradually increasing resistance over the course of different development stages, with partial resistant phenotypes (i.e. prolonged rust latency periods, reduced uredinia numbers but with susceptible infection types) observed at seedling stage and adult plant resistance (APR) at booting stage. A definitive switch between the two types of resistance occurred at tillering stage. Conclusions Rph22 and Rph26 derived from H. bulbosum were well characterized and had typical APR phenotypes against P. hordei. Significance and Impact of the Study This study provides important insights on the effectiveness and expression of Rph22 and Rph26 against P. hordei during plant development and underpins future barley breeding programmes using non‐host as a genetic resource for leaf rust management.
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- Xiaohui Yu
- Lincoln University, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Lincoln University, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Lincoln University, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Lincoln 7608, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Dinh HX, Singh D, Gomez de la Cruz D, Hensel G, Kumlehn J, Mascher M, Stein N, Perovic D, Ayliffe M, Moscou MJ, Park RF, Pourkheirandish M. The barley leaf rust resistance gene Rph3 encodes a predicted membrane protein and is induced upon infection by avirulent pathotypes of Puccinia hordei. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2386. [PMID: 35501307 PMCID: PMC9061838 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29840-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is an economically significant disease of barley, but only a few major resistance genes to P. hordei (Rph) have been cloned. In this study, gene Rph3 was isolated by positional cloning and confirmed by mutational analysis and transgenic complementation. The Rph3 gene, which originated from wild barley and was first introgressed into cultivated Egyptian germplasm, encodes a unique predicted transmembrane resistance protein that differs from all known plant disease resistance proteins at the amino acid sequence level. Genetic profiles of diverse accessions indicated limited genetic diversity in Rph3 in domesticated germplasm, and higher diversity in wild barley from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Rph3 gene was expressed only in interactions with Rph3-avirulent P. hordei isolates, a phenomenon also observed for transcription activator-like effector-dependent genes known as executors conferring resistance to Xanthomonas spp. Like known transmembrane executors such as Bs3 and Xa7, heterologous expression of Rph3 in N. benthamiana induced a cell death response. The isolation of Rph3 highlights convergent evolutionary processes in diverse plant-pathogen interaction systems, where similar defence mechanisms evolved independently in monocots and dicots. Leaf rust is an economically significant disease of barley. Here the authors describe cloning of the barley Rph3 leaf rust resistance gene and reveal it encodes a predicted transmembrane protein that is expressed upon infection by Rph3-avirulent Puccinia hordei isolates.
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Receptor-mediated nonhost resistance in plants. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:435-445. [PMID: 35388900 PMCID: PMC9528085 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Nonhost resistance (NHR) is a plant immune response that prevents many microorganisms in the plant's environment from pathogenicity against the plant. Since successful pathogens have adapted to overcome the immune systems of their host, the durable nature of NHR has potential in the management of plant disease. At present, there is genetic and molecular evidence that the underlying molecular mechanisms of NHR are similar to the plant immune responses that occur in host plants following infection by adapted pathogens. We consider that the molecular basis of NHR is multilayered, conferred by physicochemical barriers and defense responses that are induced following molecular recognition events. Moreover, the relative contribution of each component may depend on evolutionary distances between host and nonhost plants of given pathogen species. This mini-review has focused on the current knowledge of plant NHR, especially the recognition of non-adapted pathogens by nonhost plants at the cellular level. Recent gains in understanding the roles of plasma membrane-localized pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and the cytoplasmic nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) associated with these processes, as well as the genes involved, are summarized. Finally, we provide a theoretical perspective on the durability of receptor-mediated NHR and its practical potential as an innovative strategy for crop protection against pathogens.
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Langlands-Perry C, Cuenin M, Bergez C, Krima SB, Gélisse S, Sourdille P, Valade R, Marcel TC. Resistance of the Wheat Cultivar ‘Renan’ to Septoria Leaf Blotch Explained by a Combination of Strain Specific and Strain Non-Specific QTL Mapped on an Ultra-Dense Genetic Map. Genes (Basel) 2021; 13:genes13010100. [PMID: 35052440 PMCID: PMC8774678 DOI: 10.3390/genes13010100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Quantitative resistance is considered more durable than qualitative resistance as it does not involve major resistance genes that can be easily overcome by pathogen populations, but rather a combination of genes with a lower individual effect. This durability means that quantitative resistance could be an interesting tool for breeding crops that would not systematically require phytosanitary products. Quantitative resistance has yet to reveal all of its intricacies. Here, we delve into the case of the wheat/Septoria tritici blotch (STB) pathosystem. Using a population resulting from a cross between French cultivar Renan, generally resistant to STB, and Chinese Spring, a cultivar susceptible to the disease, we built an ultra-dense genetic map that carries 148,820 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Phenotyping the interaction was done with two different Zymoseptoria tritici strains with contrasted pathogenicities on Renan. A linkage analysis led to the detection of three quantitative trait loci (QTL) related to resistance in Renan. These QTL, on chromosomes 7B, 1D, and 5D, present with an interesting diversity as that on 7B was detected with both fungal strains, while those on 1D and 5D were strain-specific. The resistance on 7B was located in the region of Stb8 and the resistance on 1D colocalized with Stb19. However, the resistance on 5D was new, so further designated Stb20q. Several wall-associated kinases (WAK), nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeats (NB-LRR) type, and kinase domain carrying genes were present in the QTL regions, and some of them were expressed during the infection. These results advocate for a role of Stb genes in quantitative resistance and for resistance in the wheat/STB pathosystem being as a whole quantitative and polygenic.
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- Camilla Langlands-Perry
- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
- ARVALIS Institut du Végétal, 91720 Boigneville, France;
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Clermont–Auvergne, INRAE, UMR GDEC, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France;
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- ARVALIS Institut du Végétal, 91720 Boigneville, France;
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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Chen C, Jost M, Clark B, Martin M, Matny O, Steffenson BJ, Franckowiak JD, Mascher M, Singh D, Perovic D, Richardson T, Periyannan S, Lagudah ES, Park RF, Dracatos PM. BED domain-containing NLR from wild barley confers resistance to leaf rust. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1206-1215. [PMID: 33415836 PMCID: PMC8196641 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 12/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is a devastating fungal disease affecting barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare) production globally. Despite the effectiveness of genetic resistance, the deployment of single genes often compromises durability due to the emergence of virulent P. hordei races, prompting the search for new sources of resistance. Here we report on the cloning of Rph15, a resistance gene derived from barley's wild progenitor H. vulgare subsp. spontaneum. We demonstrate using introgression mapping, mutation and complementation that the Rph15 gene from the near-isogenic line (NIL) Bowman + Rph15 (referred to as BW719) encodes a coiled-coil nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) protein with an integrated Zinc finger BED (ZF-BED) domain. A predicted KASP marker was developed and validated across a collection of Australian cultivars and a series of introgression lines in the Bowman background known to carry the Rph15 resistance. Rph16 from HS-680, another wild barley derived leaf rust resistance gene, was previously mapped to the same genomic region on chromosome 2H and was assumed to be allelic with Rph15 based on genetic studies. Both sequence analysis, race specificity and the identification of a knockout mutant in the HS-680 background suggest that Rph15- and Rph16-mediated resistances are in fact the same and not allelic as previously thought. The cloning of Rph15 now permits efficient gene deployment and the production of resistance gene cassettes for sustained leaf rust control.
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- Chunhong Chen
- Agriculture & FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberraACTAustralia
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- Agriculture & FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberraACTAustralia
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- Plant Breeding InstituteThe University of SydneyCobbittyNSWAustralia
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- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMNUSA
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- Department of Plant PathologyUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMNUSA
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) GaterslebenSeelandGermany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle‐Jena‐LeipzigLeipzigGermany
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- Plant Breeding InstituteThe University of SydneyCobbittyNSWAustralia
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress ToleranceFederal Research Centre for Cultivated PlantsJulius Kühn‐Institute (JKI)QuedlinburgGermany
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- Agriculture & FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberraACTAustralia
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- Agriculture & FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberraACTAustralia
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- Agriculture & FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCanberraACTAustralia
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- Plant Breeding InstituteThe University of SydneyCobbittyNSWAustralia
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- Plant Breeding InstituteThe University of SydneyCobbittyNSWAustralia
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Wang W, Wang J, Wu F, Zhou H, Xu D, Xu G. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Novel Pyrazol-5-yl-benzamide Derivatives as Potential Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:5746-5754. [PMID: 33988994 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c08094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To promote the discovery and development of new fungicides, a series of novel pyrazol-5-yl-benzamide derivatives were designed, synthesized by hopping and inversion of amide groups of pyrazole-4-carboxamides, and evaluated for their antifungal activities. The bioassay data revealed that compound 5IIc exhibited an excellent in vitro activity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum with an EC50 value of 0.20 mg/L, close to that of commercial fungicide Fluxapyroxad (EC50 = 0.12 mg/L) and Boscalid (EC50 = 0.11 mg/L). For Valsa mali, compound 5IIc (EC50 = 3.68 mg/L) showed a significantly higher activity than Fluxapyroxad (EC50 = 12.67 mg/L) and Boscalid (EC50 = 14.83 mg/L). In addition, in vivo experiments proved that compound 5IIc has an excellent protective fungicidal activity with an inhibitory rate of 97.1% against S. sclerotiorum at 50 mg/L, while the positive control Fluxapyroxad showed a 98.6% inhibitory effect. The molecular docking simulation revealed that compound 5IIc interact with TRP173, SER39, and ARG43 of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) through a hydrogen bond and p-π interaction, which could explain the probable mechanism of the action between compound 5IIc and target protein. Also, the SDH enzymatic inhibition assay was carried out to further validate its mode of action. These results demonstrate that compound 5IIc could be a promising fungicide candidate and provide a valuable reference for further investigation.
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- Wei Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, 22 Xinong Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Key Laboratory of Botanical Pesticide R&D in Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, 3 Taicheng Road, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Key Laboratory of Botanical Pesticide R&D in Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Dracatos PM, Park RF, Singh D. Validating Molecular Markers for Barley Leaf Rust Resistance Genes Rph20 and Rph24. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:743-747. [PMID: 32967560 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-20-1735-sc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Improving resistance to barley leaf rust (caused by Puccinia hordei) is an important breeding objective in most barley growing regions worldwide. The development and subsequent utilization of high-throughput PCR-based codominant molecular markers remains an effective approach to select genotypes with multiple effective resistance genes, permitting efficient gene deployment and stewardship. The genes Rph20 and Rph24 confer widely effective adult plant resistance (APR) to leaf rust, are common in European and Australian barley germplasm (often in combination), and act interactively to confer high levels of resistance. Here we report on the development and validation of codominant insertion-deletion (indel) based PCR markers that are highly predictive for the resistance alleles Rph20.ai and Rph24.an (both referred to as Rph20 and Rph24).
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- P M Dracatos
- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Narellan 2567, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Narellan 2567, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Narellan 2567, NSW, Australia
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Haghdoust R, Singh D, Park RF, Dracatos PM. Characterizing the Genetic Architecture of Nonhost Resistance in Barley Using Pathogenically Diverse Puccinia Isolates. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:684-694. [PMID: 32931394 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-05-20-0193-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Barley is an intermediate or near nonhost to many cereal rust pathogens that infect grasses, making it a highly suitable model to understand the evolution and genetic basis of nonhost resistance (NHR) in plants. To characterize the genetic architecture of NHR in barley, we used the Oregon Wolfe Barley doubled haploid and Morex × SusPtrit recombinant inbred line mapping populations. To elicit a wide array of NHR responses, we tested 492 barley accessions and both mapping populations with pathogenically diverse cereal rust isolates representing distinct formae speciales adapted to Avena, Hordeum, Triticum, and Lolium spp.: P. coronata f. sp. avenae (oat crown rust pathogen) and P. coronata f. sp. lolii (ryegrass crown rust pathogen), P. graminis f. sp. avenae (oat stem rust pathogen) and P. graminis f. sp. lolii (the ryegrass stem rust pathogen), and P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (wheat stripe rust pathogen) and P. striiformis f. sp. pseudo-hordei (barley grass stripe rust pathogen). With the exception of P. coronata f. sp. lolii and P. coronata f. sp. avenae, susceptibility and segregation for NHR was observed in the barley accessions and both mapping populations. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for NHR were mapped on all seven chromosomes. NHR in barley to the heterologous rusts tested was attributable to a combination of QTLs with either or both overlapping and distinct specificities. Across both mapping populations, broadly effective NHR loci were also identified that likely play a role in host specialization.
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- R Haghdoust
- Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Cobbitty, Narellan, New South Wales 2567, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Cobbitty, Narellan, New South Wales 2567, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Cobbitty, Narellan, New South Wales 2567, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney, Cobbitty, Narellan, New South Wales 2567, Australia
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Genome-Wide Characterization of Lectin Receptor Kinases in Saccharum spontaneum L. and Their Responses to Stagonospora tainanensis Infection. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10020322. [PMID: 33567504 PMCID: PMC7915762 DOI: 10.3390/plants10020322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Sugarcane is an important sugar and bioenergy ethanol crop, and the hyperploidy has led to stagnant progress in sugarcane genome decipherment, which also hindered the genome-wide analyses of versatile lectin receptor kinases (LecRKs). The published genome of Saccharum spontaneum, one of the two sugarcane ancestor species, enables us to study the characterization of LecRKs and their responses to sugarcane leaf blight (SLB) triggered by Stagonospora tainanensis. A total of 429 allelic and non-allelic LecRKs, which were classified into evolved independently three types according to signal domains and phylogeny, were identified based on the genome. Regarding those closely related LecRKs in the phylogenetic tree, their motifs and exon architectures of representative L- and G-types were similar or identical. LecRKs showed an unequal distribution on chromosomes and more G-type tandem repeats may come from the gene expansion. Comparing the differentially expressed LecRKs (DELs) in response to SLB in sugarcane hybrid and ancestor species S. spontaneum, we found that the DEL number in the shared gene sets was highly variable among each sugarcane accession, which indicated that the expression dynamics of LecRKs in response to SLB were quite different between hybrids and particularly between sugarcane hybrid and S. spontaneum. In addition, C-type LecRKs may participate in metabolic processes of plant–pathogen interaction, mainly including pathogenicity and plant resistance, indicating their putative roles in sugarcane responses to SLB infection. The present study provides a basic reference and global insight into the further study and utilization of LecRKs in plants.
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Saur IML, Hückelhoven R. Recognition and defence of plant-infecting fungal pathogens. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 256:153324. [PMID: 33249386 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Attempted infections of plants with fungi result in diverse outcomes ranging from symptom-less resistance to severe disease and even death of infected plants. The deleterious effect on crop yield have led to intense focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that explain the difference between resistance and susceptibility. This research has uncovered plant resistance or susceptibility genes that explain either dominant or recessive inheritance of plant resistance with many of them coding for receptors that recognize pathogen invasion. Approaches based on cell biology and phytochemistry have contributed to identifying factors that halt an invading fungal pathogen from further invasion into or between plant cells. Plant chemical defence compounds, antifungal proteins and structural reinforcement of cell walls appear to slow down fungal growth or even prevent fungal penetration in resistant plants. Additionally, the hypersensitive response, in which a few cells undergo a strong local immune reaction, including programmed cell death at the site of infection, stops in particular biotrophic fungi from spreading into surrounding tissue. In this review, we give a general overview of plant recognition and defence of fungal parasites tracing back to the early 20th century with a special focus on Triticeae and on the progress that was made in the last 30 years.
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- Isabel M L Saur
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany.
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- Phytopathology, TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Ramann-Straße 2, 85354 Freising, Germany.
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Panstruga R, Moscou MJ. What is the Molecular Basis of Nonhost Resistance? MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2020; 33:1253-1264. [PMID: 32808862 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-06-20-0161-cr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This article is part of the Top 10 Unanswered Questions in MPMI invited review series.Nonhost resistance is typically considered the ability of a plant species to repel all attempts of a pathogen species to colonize it and reproduce on it. Based on this common definition, nonhost resistance is presumed to be very durable and, thus, of great interest for its potential use in agriculture. Despite considerable research efforts, the molecular basis of this type of plant immunity remains nebulous. We here stress the fact that "nonhost resistance" is a phenomenological rather than a mechanistic concept that comprises more facets than typically considered. We further argue that nonhost resistance essentially relies on the very same genes and pathways as other types of plant immunity, of which some may act as bottlenecks for particular pathogens on a given plant species or under certain conditions. Thus, in our view, the frequently used term "nonhost genes" is misleading and should be avoided. Depending on the plant-pathogen combination, nonhost resistance may involve the recognition of pathogen effectors by host immune sensor proteins, which might give rise to host shifts or host range expansions due to evolutionary-conditioned gains and losses in respective armories. Thus, the extent of nonhost resistance also defines pathogen host ranges. In some instances, immune-related genes can be transferred across plant species to boost defense, resulting in augmented disease resistance. We discuss future routes for deepening our understanding of nonhost resistance and argue that the confusing term "nonhost resistance" should be used more cautiously in the light of a holistic view of plant immunity.
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- Ralph Panstruga
- RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Biology I, Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology, Worringer Weg 1, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UK, United Kingdom
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Figueroa M, Dodds PN, Henningsen EC. Evolution of virulence in rust fungi - multiple solutions to one problem. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 56:20-27. [PMID: 32244171 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rust fungi are major pathogens that negatively affect crops and ecosystems. Recent rust disease epidemics driven by the emergence of strains with novel virulence profiles demand a better understanding of the evolutionary mechanisms of these organisms. Here, we review research advances in genome-scale analysis coupled with functional validation of effector candidate genes that have been instrumental to elucidate processes that contribute to changes in virulence phenotypes. We highlight how haplotype-phased genome references have paved the road to link these processes to the reproductive phases of rust fungi and have provided evidence for somatic exchange between strains as an important mechanism for generating diversity in asexual populations. With increasing data availability, we envision the future development of molecular virulence diagnostic tools.
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- Melania Figueroa
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Dinh HX, Singh D, Periyannan S, Park RF, Pourkheirandish M. Molecular genetics of leaf rust resistance in wheat and barley. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2020; 133:2035-2050. [PMID: 32128617 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03570-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The demand for cereal grains as a main source of energy continues to increase due to the rapid increase in world population. The leaf rust diseases of cereals cause significant yield losses, posing challenges for global food security. The deployment of resistance genes has long been considered as the most effective and sustainable way to control cereal leaf rust diseases. While genetic resistance has reduced the impact of these diseases in agriculture, losses still occur due to the ability of the respective rust pathogens to change and render resistance genes ineffective plus the slow pace at which resistance genes are discovered and characterized. This article highlights novel recently developed strategies based on advances in genome sequencing that have accelerated gene isolation by overcoming the complexity of cereal genomes. The leaf rust resistance genes cloned so far from wheat and barley belong to various protein families, including nucleotide binding site/leucine-rich repeat receptors and transporters. We review recent studies that are beginning to reveal the defense mechanisms conferred by the leaf rust resistance genes identified to date in cereals and their roles in either pattern-triggered immunity or effector-triggered immunity.
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- Hoan X Dinh
- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Box 1700, Clunies Ross Street, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, 2570, Australia.
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Hoseinzadeh P, Ruge-Wehling B, Schweizer P, Stein N, Pidon H. High Resolution Mapping of a Hordeum bulbosum-Derived Powdery Mildew Resistance Locus in Barley Using Distinct Homologous Introgression Lines. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:225. [PMID: 32194602 PMCID: PMC7063055 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Powdery mildew caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei (Bgh) is one of the main foliar diseases in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.; Hv). Naturally occurring resistance genes used in barley breeding are a cost effective and environmentally sustainable strategy to minimize the impact of pathogens, however, the primary gene pool of H. vulgare contains limited diversity owing to recent domestication bottlenecks. To ensure durable resistance against this pathogen, more genes are required that could be unraveled by investigation of secondary barley gene-pool. A large set of Hordeum bulbosum (Hb) introgression lines (ILs) harboring a diverse set of desirable resistance traits have been developed and are being routinely used as source of novel diversity in gene mapping studies. Nevertheless, this strategy is often compromised by a lack of recombination between the introgressed fragment and the orthologous chromosome of the barley genome. In this study, we fine-mapped a Hb gene conferring resistance to barley powdery mildew. The initial genotyping of two Hb ILs mapping populations with differently sized 2HS introgressions revealed severely reduced interspecific recombination in the region of the introgressed segment, preventing precise localization of the gene. To overcome this difficulty, we developed an alternative strategy, exploiting intraspecific recombination by crossing two Hv/Hb ILs with collinear Hb introgressions, one of which carries a powdery mildew resistance gene, while the other doesn't. The intraspecific recombination rate in the Hb-introgressed fragment of 2HS was approximately 20 times higher than it was in the initial simple ILs mapping populations. Using high-throughput genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), we allocated the resistance gene to a 1.4 Mb interval, based on an estimate using the Hv genome as reference, in populations of only 103 and 146 individuals, respectively, similar to what is expected at this locus in barley. The most likely candidate resistance gene within this interval is part of the coiled-coil nucleotide-binding-site leucine-rich-repeat (CC-NBS-LLR) gene family, which is over-represented among genes conferring strong dominant resistance to pathogens. The reported strategy can be applied as a general strategic approach for identifying genes underlying traits of interest in crop wild relatives.
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- Parastoo Hoseinzadeh
- Genomics of Genetic Resources, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Sanitz, Germany
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- Pathogen-Stress Genomics, Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Genomics of Genetic Resources, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Crop Sciences, Center for Integrated Breeding Research (CiBreed), Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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- Genomics of Genetic Resources, Department of Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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