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Luo X, Cao L, Yu L, Gao M, Ai J, Gao D, Zhang X, John Lucas W, Huang S, Xu J, Shang Y. Deep learning-based characterization and redesign of major potato tuber storage protein. Food Chem 2024; 443:138556. [PMID: 38290299 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Potato is one of the most important crops worldwide, to feed a fast-growing population. In addition to providing energy, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, potato storage proteins are considered as one of the most valuable sources of non-animal proteins due to their high essential amino acid (EAA) index. However, low tuber protein content and limited knowledge about potato storage proteins restrict their widespread utilization in the food industry. Here, we report a proof-of-concept study, using deep learning-based protein design tools, to characterize the biological and chemical characteristics of patatins, the major potato storage proteins. This knowledge was then employed to design multiple cysteines on the patatin surface to build polymers linked by disulfide bonds, which significantly improved viscidity and nutrient of potato flour dough. Our study shows that deep learning-based protein design strategies are efficient to characterize and to create novel proteins for future food sources.
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- Xuming Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China; Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of Ministry of Agriculture, Sino-Dutch Joint Lab of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518120, China; State Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Potato Biology, The CAAS-YNNU-YINMORE Joint Academy of Potato Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China.
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Sun P, Han X, Milne RJ, Li G. Trans-crop applications of atypical R genes for multipathogen resistance. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024:S1360-1385(24)00122-5. [PMID: 38811244 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Genetic resistance to plant diseases is essential for global food security. Significant progress has been achieved for plant disease-resistance (R) genes comprising nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors (NLRs), and membrane-localized receptor-like kinases or proteins (RLKs/RLPs), which we refer to as typical R genes. However, there is a knowledge gap in how non-receptor-type or atypical R genes contribute to plant immunity. Here, we summarize resources and technologies facilitating the study of atypical R genes, examine diverse atypical R proteins for broad-spectrum resistance, and outline potential approaches for trans-crop applications of atypical R genes. Studies of atypical R genes are important for a holistic understanding of plant immunity and the development of novel strategies in disease control and crop improvement.
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- Peng Sun
- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, The Center of Crop Nanobiotechnology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Khatoon K, Warsi ZI, Singh A, Singh K, Khan F, Singh P, Shukla RK, Verma RS, Singh MK, Verma SK, Husain Z, Parween G, Singh P, Afroz S, Rahman LU. Bridging fungal resistance and plant growth through constitutive overexpression of Thchit42 gene in Pelargonium graveolens. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2024; 43:147. [PMID: 38771491 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03233-8] [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: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE Thchit42 constitutive expression for fungal resistance showed synchronisation with leaf augmentation and transcriptome analysis revealed the Longifolia and Zinc finger RICESLEEPER gene is responsible for plant growth and development. Pelargonium graveolens essential oil possesses significant attributes, known for perfumery and aromatherapy. However, optimal yield and propagation are predominantly hindered by biotic stress. All biotechnological approaches have yet to prove effective in addressing fungal resistance. The current study developed transgenic geranium bridging molecular mechanism of fungal resistance and plant growth by introducing cassette 35S::Thchit42. Furthermore, 120 independently putative transformed explants were regenerated on kanamycin fortified medium. Primarily transgenic lines were demonstrated peak pathogenicity and antifungal activity against formidable Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Fusarium oxysporum. Additionally, phenotypic analysis revealed ~ 2fold increase in leaf size and ~ 2.1fold enhanced oil content. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms for genotypic cause, de novo transcriptional profiles were analyzed to indicate that the auxin-regulated longifolia gene is accountable for augmentation in leaf size, and zinc finger (ZF) RICESLEEPER attributes growth upregulation. Collectively, data provides valuable insights into unravelling the mechanism of Thchit42-mediated crosstalk between morphological and chemical alteration in transgenic plants. This knowledge might create novel opportunities to cultivate fungal-resistant geranium throughout all seasons to fulfil demand.
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- Kahkashan Khatoon
- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India
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- Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Division of Crop Production and Protection, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Technology Dissemination and Computational Biology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Technology Dissemination and Computational Biology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India
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- Plant Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226015, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India.
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Jones JDG, Staskawicz BJ, Dangl JL. The plant immune system: From discovery to deployment. Cell 2024; 187:2095-2116. [PMID: 38670067 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Plant diseases cause famines, drive human migration, and present challenges to agricultural sustainability as pathogen ranges shift under climate change. Plant breeders discovered Mendelian genetic loci conferring disease resistance to specific pathogen isolates over 100 years ago. Subsequent breeding for disease resistance underpins modern agriculture and, along with the emergence and focus on model plants for genetics and genomics research, has provided rich resources for molecular biological exploration over the last 50 years. These studies led to the identification of extracellular and intracellular receptors that convert recognition of extracellular microbe-encoded molecular patterns or intracellular pathogen-delivered virulence effectors into defense activation. These receptor systems, and downstream responses, define plant immune systems that have evolved since the migration of plants to land ∼500 million years ago. Our current understanding of plant immune systems provides the platform for development of rational resistance enhancement to control the many diseases that continue to plague crop production.
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- Jonathan D G Jones
- Sainsbury Lab, University of East Anglia, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology and Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Arndell T, Chen J, Sperschneider J, Upadhyaya NM, Blundell C, Niesner N, Outram MA, Wang A, Swain S, Luo M, Ayliffe MA, Figueroa M, Vanhercke T, Dodds PN. Pooled effector library screening in protoplasts rapidly identifies novel Avr genes. NATURE PLANTS 2024; 10:572-580. [PMID: 38409291 PMCID: PMC11035141 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01641-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Crop breeding for durable disease resistance is challenging due to the rapid evolution of pathogen virulence. While progress in resistance (R) gene cloning and stacking has accelerated in recent years1-3, the identification of corresponding avirulence (Avr) genes in many pathogens is hampered by the lack of high-throughput screening options. To address this technology gap, we developed a platform for pooled library screening in plant protoplasts to allow rapid identification of interacting R-Avr pairs. We validated this platform by isolating known and novel Avr genes from wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) after screening a designed library of putative effectors against individual R genes. Rapid Avr gene identification provides molecular tools to understand and track pathogen virulence evolution via genotype surveillance, which in turn will lead to optimized R gene stacking and deployment strategies. This platform should be broadly applicable to many crop pathogens and could potentially be adapted for screening genes involved in other protoplast-selectable traits.
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- Taj Arndell
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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Lubega J, Figueroa M, Dodds PN, Kanyuka K. Comparative Analysis of the Avirulence Effectors Produced by the Fungal Stem Rust Pathogen of Wheat. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2024; 37:171-178. [PMID: 38170736 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-10-23-0169-fi] [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: 01/05/2024]
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Crops are constantly exposed to pathogenic microbes. Rust fungi are examples of these harmful microorganisms, which have a major economic impact on wheat production. To protect themselves from pathogens like rust fungi, plants employ a multilayered immune system that includes immunoreceptors encoded by resistance genes. Significant efforts have led to the isolation of numerous resistance genes against rust fungi in cereals, especially in wheat. However, the evolution of virulence of rust fungi hinders the durability of resistance genes as a strategy for crop protection. Rust fungi, like other biotrophic pathogens, secrete an arsenal of effectors to facilitate infection, and these are the molecules that plant immunoreceptors target for pathogen recognition and mounting defense responses. When recognized, these effector proteins are referred to as avirulence (Avr) effectors. Despite the many predicted effectors in wheat rust fungi, only five Avr genes have been identified, all from wheat stem rust. Knowledge of the Avr genes and their variation in the fungal population will inform deployment of the most appropriate wheat disease-resistance genes for breeding and farming. The review provides an overview of methodologies as well as the validation techniques that have been used to characterize Avr effectors from wheat stem rust. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
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- Jibril Lubega
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge CB3 0LE, U.K
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Agriculture and Food, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Agriculture and Food, Canberra 2601, Australia
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- National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge CB3 0LE, U.K
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Wilson S, Dagvadorj B, Tam R, Murphy L, Schulz-Kroenert S, Heng N, Crean E, Greenwood J, Rathjen JP, Schwessinger B. Multiplexed effector screening for recognition by endogenous resistance genes using positive defense reporters in wheat protoplasts. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:2621-2636. [PMID: 38282212 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19555] [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: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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Plant resistance (R) and pathogen avirulence (Avr) gene interactions play a vital role in pathogen resistance. Efficient molecular screening tools for crops lack far behind their model organism counterparts, yet they are essential to rapidly identify agriculturally important molecular interactions that trigger host resistance. Here, we have developed a novel wheat protoplast assay that enables efficient screening of Avr/R interactions at scale. Our assay allows access to the extensive gene pool of phenotypically described R genes because it does not require the overexpression of cloned R genes. It is suitable for multiplexed Avr screening, with interactions tested in pools of up to 50 Avr candidates. We identified Avr/R-induced defense genes to create a promoter-luciferase reporter. Then, we combined this with a dual-color ratiometric reporter system that normalizes read-outs accounting for experimental variability and Avr/R-induced cell death. Moreover, we introduced a self-replicative plasmid reducing the amount of plasmid used in the assay. Our assay increases the throughput of Avr candidate screening, accelerating the study of cellular defense signaling and resistance gene identification in wheat. We anticipate that our assay will significantly accelerate Avr identification for many wheat pathogens, leading to improved genome-guided pathogen surveillance and breeding of disease-resistant crops.
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- Salome Wilson
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Chen R, Gajendiran K, Wulff BBH. R we there yet? Advances in cloning resistance genes for engineering immunity in crop plants. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 77:102489. [PMID: 38128298 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Over the past three decades, significant progress has been made in the field of resistance (R) gene cloning. Advances in recombinant DNA technology, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, plant transformation and plant husbandry have facilitated the transition from cloning R genes in model species to crop plants and their wild relatives. To date, researchers have isolated more than 450 R genes that play important roles in plant immunity. The molecular and biochemical mechanisms by which intracellular immune receptors are activated and initiate defense responses are now well understood. These advances present exciting opportunities for engineering disease-resistant crop plants that are protected by genetics rather than pesticides.
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- Renjie Chen
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Center for Desert Agriculture, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Center for Desert Agriculture, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), Center for Desert Agriculture, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Chicowski AS, Bredow M, Utiyama AS, Marcelino‐Guimarães FC, Whitham SA. Soybean-Phakopsora pachyrhizi interactions: towards the development of next-generation disease-resistant plants. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2024; 22:296-315. [PMID: 37883664 PMCID: PMC10826999 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14206] [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: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Soybean rust (SBR), caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a devastating foliar disease threatening soybean production. To date, no commercial cultivars conferring durable resistance to SBR are available. The development of long-lasting SBR resistance has been hindered by the lack of understanding of this complex pathosystem, encompassing challenges posed by intricate genetic structures in both the host and pathogen, leading to a gap in the knowledge of gene-for-gene interactions between soybean and P. pachyrhizi. In this review, we focus on recent advancements and emerging technologies that can be used to improve our understanding of the P. pachyrhizi-soybean molecular interactions. We further explore approaches used to combat SBR, including conventional breeding, transgenic approaches and RNA interference, and how advances in our understanding of plant immune networks, the availability of new molecular tools, and the recent sequencing of the P. pachyrhizi genome could be used to aid in the development of better genetic resistance against SBR. Lastly, we discuss the research gaps of this pathosystem and how new technologies can be used to shed light on these questions and to develop durable next-generation SBR-resistant soybean plants.
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- Aline Sartor Chicowski
- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIowaUSA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIowaUSA
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- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – National Soybean Research Center (Embrapa Soja)LondrinaParanáBrazil
- Department of AgronomyFederal University of ViçosaViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and MicrobiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIowaUSA
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Lu C, Du J, Chen H, Gong S, Jin Y, Meng X, Zhang T, Fu B, Molnár I, Holušová K, Said M, Xing L, Kong L, Doležel J, Li G, Wu J, Chen P, Cao A, Zhang R. Wheat Pm55 alleles exhibit distinct interactions with an inhibitor to cause different powdery mildew resistance. Nat Commun 2024; 15:503. [PMID: 38218848 PMCID: PMC10787760 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44796-0] [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: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024] Open
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Powdery mildew poses a significant threat to wheat crops worldwide, emphasizing the need for durable disease control strategies. The wheat-Dasypyrum villosum T5AL·5 V#4 S and T5DL·5 V#4 S translocation lines carrying powdery mildew resistant gene Pm55 shows developmental-stage and tissue-specific resistance, whereas T5DL·5 V#5 S line carrying Pm5V confers resistance at all stages. Here, we clone Pm55 and Pm5V, and reveal that they are allelic and renamed as Pm55a and Pm55b, respectively. The two Pm55 alleles encode coiled-coil, nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (CNL) proteins, conferring broad-spectrum resistance to powdery mildew. However, they interact differently with a linked inhibitor gene, SuPm55 to cause different resistance to wheat powdery mildew. Notably, Pm55 and SuPm55 encode unrelated CNL proteins, and the inactivation of SuPm55 significantly reduces plant fitness. Combining SuPm55/Pm55a and Pm55b in wheat does not result in allele suppression or yield penalty. Our results provide not only insights into the suppression of resistance in wheat, but also a strategy for breeding durable resistance.
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- Chuntian Lu
- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
- Institute of Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology/Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, P.R. China
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), 2462, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 9 Gamma Street, 12619, Giza, Cairo, Egypt
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China
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- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
- Institute of Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology/Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Application /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, P.R. China.
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210014, China.
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Mao H, Jiang C, Tang C, Nie X, Du L, Liu Y, Cheng P, Wu Y, Liu H, Kang Z, Wang X. Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement. MOLECULAR PLANT 2023; 16:1564-1589. [PMID: 37671604 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 08/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a staple food for about 40% of the world's population. As the global population has grown and living standards improved, high yield and improved nutritional quality have become the main targets for wheat breeding. However, wheat production has been compromised by global warming through the more frequent occurrence of extreme temperature events, which have increased water scarcity, aggravated soil salinization, caused plants to be more vulnerable to diseases, and directly reduced plant fertility and suppressed yield. One promising option to address these challenges is the genetic improvement of wheat for enhanced resistance to environmental stress. Several decades of progress in genomics and genetic engineering has tremendously advanced our understanding of the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying abiotic and biotic stress responses in wheat. These advances have heralded what might be considered a "golden age" of functional genomics for the genetic improvement of wheat. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the molecular and genetic basis of wheat resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, including the QTLs/genes involved, their functional and regulatory mechanisms, and strategies for genetic modification of wheat for improved stress resistance. In addition, we also provide perspectives on some key challenges that need to be addressed.
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- Hude Mao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and 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 and 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 and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, 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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Prasad P, Jain N, Chaudhary J, Thakur RK, Savadi S, Bhardwaj SC, Gangwar OP, Lata C, Adhikari S, Kumar S, Balyan HS, Gupta PK. Candidate effectors for leaf rust resistance gene Lr28 identified through transcriptome and in-silico analysis. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1143703. [PMID: 37789861 PMCID: PMC10543267 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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Puccinia spp. causing rust diseases in wheat and other cereals secrete several specialized effector proteins into host cells. Characterization of these proteins and their interaction with host's R proteins could greatly help to limit crop losses due to diseases. Prediction of effector proteins by combining the transcriptome analysis and multiple in-silico approaches is gaining importance in revealing the pathogenic mechanism. The present study involved identification of 13 Puccinia triticina (Pt) coding sequences (CDSs), through transcriptome analysis, that were differentially expressed during wheat-leaf rust interaction; and prediction of their effector like features using different in-silico tools. NCBI-BLAST and pathogen-host interaction BLAST (PHI-BLAST) tools were used to annotate and classify these sequences based on their most closely matched counterpart in both the databases. Homology between CDSs and the annotated sequences in the NCBI database ranged from 79 to 94% and with putative effectors of other plant pathogens in PHI-BLAST from 24.46 to 54.35%. Nine of the 13 CDSs had effector-like features according to EffectorP 3.0 (≥0.546 probability of these sequences to be effector). The qRT-PCR expression analysis revealed that the relative expression of all CDSs in compatible interaction (HD2329) was maximum at 11 days post inoculation (dpi) and that in incompatible interactions (HD2329 + Lr28) was maximum at 3 dpi in seven and 9 dpi in five CDSs. These results suggest that six CDSs (>0.8 effector probability as per EffectorP 3.0) could be considered as putative Pt effectors. The molecular docking and MD simulation analysis of these six CDSs suggested that candidate Lr28 protein binds more strongly to candidate effector c14094_g1_i1 to form more stable complex than the remaining five. Further functional characterization of these six candidate effectors should prove useful for a better understanding of wheat-leaf rust interaction. In turn, this should facilitate effector-based leaf rust resistance breeding in wheat.
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- Pramod Prasad
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India
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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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Jost M, Outram MA, Dibley K, Zhang J, Luo M, Ayliffe M. Plant and pathogen genomics: essential approaches for stem rust resistance gene stacks in wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1223504. [PMID: 37727853 PMCID: PMC10505659 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1223504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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The deployment of disease resistance genes is currently the most economical and environmentally sustainable method of crop protection. However, disease resistance genes can rapidly break down because of constant pathogen evolution, particularly when they are deployed singularly. Polygenic resistance is, therefore, considered the most durable, but combining and maintaining these genes by breeding is a laborious process as effective genes are usually unlinked. The deployment of polygenic resistance with single-locus inheritance is a promising innovation that overcomes these difficulties while enhancing resistance durability. Because of major advances in genomic technologies, increasing numbers of plant resistance genes have been cloned, enabling the development of resistance transgene stacks (RTGSs) that encode multiple genes all located at a single genetic locus. Gene stacks encoding five stem rust resistance genes have now been developed in transgenic wheat and offer both breeding simplicity and potential resistance durability. The development of similar genomic resources in phytopathogens has advanced effector gene isolation and, in some instances, enabled functional validation of individual resistance genes in RTGS. Here, the wheat stem rust pathosystem is used as an illustrative example of how host and pathogen genomic advances have been instrumental in the development of RTGS, which is a strategy applicable to many other agricultural crop species.
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Trinh J, Li T, Franco JY, Toruño TY, Stevens DM, Thapa SP, Wong J, Pineda R, de Dios EÁ, Kahn TL, Seymour DK, Ramadugu C, Coaker GL. Variation in microbial feature perception in the Rutaceae family with immune receptor conservation in citrus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 193:689-707. [PMID: 37144828 PMCID: PMC10686701 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Although much is known about the responses of model plants to microbial features, we still lack an understanding of the extent of variation in immune perception across members of a plant family. In this work, we analyzed immune responses in Citrus and wild relatives, surveying 86 Rutaceae genotypes with differing leaf morphologies and disease resistances. We found that responses to microbial features vary both within and between members. Species in 2 subtribes, the Balsamocitrinae and Clauseninae, can recognize flagellin (flg22), cold shock protein (csp22), and chitin, including 1 feature from Candidatus Liberibacter species (csp22CLas), the bacterium associated with Huanglongbing. We investigated differences at the receptor level for the flagellin receptor FLAGELLIN SENSING 2 (FLS2) and the chitin receptor LYSIN MOTIF RECEPTOR KINASE 5 (LYK5) in citrus genotypes. We characterized 2 genetically linked FLS2 homologs from "Frost Lisbon" lemon (Citrus ×limon, responsive) and "Washington navel" orange (Citrus ×aurantium, nonresponsive). Surprisingly, FLS2 homologs from responsive and nonresponsive genotypes were expressed in Citrus and functional when transferred to a heterologous system. "Washington navel" orange weakly responded to chitin, whereas "Tango" mandarin (C. ×aurantium) exhibited a robust response. LYK5 alleles were identical or nearly identical between the 2 genotypes and complemented the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) lyk4/lyk5-2 mutant with respect to chitin perception. Collectively, our data indicate that differences in chitin and flg22 perception in these citrus genotypes are not the results of sequence polymorphisms at the receptor level. These findings shed light on the diversity of perception of microbial features and highlight genotypes capable of recognizing polymorphic pathogen features.
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- Jessica Trinh
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Were V, Talbot NJ. Breaking the biotrophic interfacial complex: How genome editing can lead to rice blast resistance. MOLECULAR PLANT 2023; 16:1243-1245. [PMID: 37491817 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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- Vincent Were
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Zdrzałek R, Stone C, De la Concepcion JC, Banfield MJ, Bentham AR. Pathways to engineering plant intracellular NLR immune receptors. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 74:102380. [PMID: 37187111 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Factors including climate change and increased global exchange are set to escalate the prevalence of plant diseases, posing an unprecedented threat to global food security and making it more challenging to meet the demands of an ever-growing population. As such, new methods of pathogen control are essential to help with the growing danger of crop losses to plant diseases. The intracellular immune system of plants utilizes nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors to recognize and activate defense responses to pathogen virulence proteins (effectors) delivered to the host. Engineering the recognition properties of plant NLRs toward pathogen effectors is a genetic solution to plant diseases with high specificity, and it is more sustainable than several current methods for pathogen control that frequently rely on agrochemicals. Here, we highlight the pioneering approaches toward enhancing effector recognition in plant NLRs and discuss the barriers and solutions in engineering the plant intracellular immune system.
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- Rafał Zdrzałek
- Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Metabolism, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Guo L, Mu Y, Wang D, Ye C, Zhu S, Cai H, Zhu Y, Peng Y, Liu J, He X. Structural mechanism of heavy metal-associated integrated domain engineering of paired nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat proteins in rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1187372. [PMID: 37448867 PMCID: PMC10338059 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1187372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Plant nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins are immune sensors that detect pathogen effectors and initiate a strong immune response. In many cases, single NLR proteins are sufficient for both effector recognition and signaling activation. These proteins possess a conserved architecture, including a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain, a central nucleotide-binding (NB) domain, and a variable N-terminal domain. Nevertheless, many paired NLRs linked in a head-to-head configuration have now been identified. The ones carrying integrated domains (IDs) can recognize pathogen effector proteins by various modes; these are known as sensor NLR (sNLR) proteins. Structural and biochemical studies have provided insights into the molecular basis of heavy metal-associated IDs (HMA IDs) from paired NLRs in rice and revealed the co-evolution between pathogens and hosts by combining naturally occurring favorable interactions across diverse interfaces. Focusing on structural and molecular models, here we highlight advances in structure-guided engineering to expand and enhance the response profile of paired NLR-HMA IDs in rice to variants of the rice blast pathogen MAX-effectors (Magnaporthe oryzae AVRs and ToxB-like). These results demonstrate that the HMA IDs-based design of rice materials with broad and enhanced resistance profiles possesses great application potential but also face considerable challenges.
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- Liwei Guo
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Agro-Biodiversity and Pest Management of Education Ministry of China, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Greenwood JR, Zhang X, Rathjen JP. Precision genome editing of crops for improved disease resistance. Curr Biol 2023; 33:R650-R657. [PMID: 37279695 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Genome editing (GE) technologies allow rapid trait manipulation in crop plants. Disease resistance is one of the best test cases for this technology because it is usually monogenic and under constant challenge by rapidly evolving pathogens. Classical methods suffer from severe bottlenecks in discovery of new resistance (R) genes and their incorporation into elite varieties, largely because they are identified in landraces and species with limited sexual compatibility, and may last only a few years before losing effectiveness. Most plant R genes encode receptors located externally on the plasma membrane (receptor proteins and receptor kinases) or internally as NOD-like receptors (NLR). Both have well defined molecular interactions with activating pathogen ligands which are virulence proteins known as effectors. As structural data for R-effector interactions accumulate, promising strategies for rational manipulation of binding specificities are emerging. This offers the potential to change elite varieties directly rather than through 10-20 years of crossing. Successful application of GE is already evident in mutation of susceptibility (S) genes required for infection. GE is in its infancy with only four modified organisms grown currently in the US. The Anglosphere and Japan seem more open to deployment of these technologies, with the European Union, Switzerland and New Zealand being notably more conservative. Consumers are not well informed on the differences between GE and classical genetic modification (GM). The possibility that minor GE changes will not be regulated as GM offers the hope that current bottlenecks to resistance breeding can be eased.
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- Julian R Greenwood
- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Minter F, Saunders DGO. Safeguarding wheat yields from cereal fungal invaders in the postgenomic era. Curr Opin Microbiol 2023; 73:102310. [PMID: 37018996 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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Wheat production is under constant threat from pests and pathogens, with fungal foliar diseases causing considerable annual yield losses. However, recent improvements in genomic tools and resources provide an unprecedented opportunity to enhance wheat's resilience in the face of these biotic constraints. Here, we discuss the impact of these advances on three key areas of managing fungal diseases of wheat: (i) enhancing the abundance of resistance traits available for plant breeding, (ii) accelerating the identification of novel fungicide targets and (iii) developing better tools for disease diagnostics and surveillance. Embracing these new genomics-led technological innovations in crop protection could revolutionise our wheat production system to improve resilience and prevent yield losses.
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Yu G, Matny O, Gourdoupis S, Rayapuram N, Aljedaani FR, Wang YL, Nürnberger T, Johnson R, Crean EE, Saur IML, Gardener C, Yue Y, Kangara N, Steuernagel B, Hayta S, Smedley M, Harwood W, Patpour M, Wu S, Poland J, Jones JDG, Reuber TL, Ronen M, Sharon A, Rouse MN, Xu S, Holušová K, Bartoš J, Molnár I, Karafiátová M, Hirt H, Blilou I, Jaremko Ł, Doležel J, Steffenson BJ, Wulff BBH. The wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr43 encodes an unusual protein kinase. Nat Genet 2023:10.1038/s41588-023-01402-1. [PMID: 37217714 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01402-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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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To safeguard bread wheat against pests and diseases, breeders have introduced over 200 resistance genes into its genome, thus nearly doubling the number of designated resistance genes in the wheat gene pool1. Isolating these genes facilitates their fast-tracking in breeding programs and incorporation into polygene stacks for more durable resistance. We cloned the stem rust resistance gene Sr43, which was crossed into bread wheat from the wild grass Thinopyrum elongatum2,3. Sr43 encodes an active protein kinase fused to two domains of unknown function. The gene, which is unique to the Triticeae, appears to have arisen through a gene fusion event 6.7 to 11.6 million years ago. Transgenic expression of Sr43 in wheat conferred high levels of resistance to a wide range of isolates of the pathogen causing stem rust, highlighting the potential value of Sr43 in resistance breeding and engineering.
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- Guotai Yu
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Bioscience Program, Smart Health Initiative, BESE, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre of Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre of Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Cologne, Germany
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- 2Blades Foundation, Evanston, IL, USA
- Enko Chem, Mystic, CT, USA
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, and the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
- USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, USA
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Centre for Agricultural Research, ELKH, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Bioscience Program, Smart Health Initiative, BESE, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Red Sea Research Center, BESE, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK.
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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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Wang Z, Yang B, Zheng W, Wang L, Cai X, Yang J, Song R, Yang S, Wang Y, Xiao J, Liu H, Wang Y, Wang X, Wang Y. Recognition of glycoside hydrolase 12 proteins by the immune receptor RXEG1 confers Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:769-781. [PMID: 36575911 PMCID: PMC10037148 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium graminearum, is a devastating disease in wheat (Triticum aestivum) that results in substantial yield losses and mycotoxin contamination. Reliable genetic resources for FHB resistance in wheat are lacking. In this study, we characterized glycoside hydrolase 12 (GH12) family proteins secreted by F. graminearum. We established that two GH12 proteins, Fg05851 and Fg11037, have functionally redundant roles in F. graminearum colonization of wheat. Furthermore, we determined that the GH12 proteins Fg05851 and Fg11037 are recognized by the leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like protein RXEG1 in the dicot Nicotiana benthamiana. Heterologous expression of RXEG1 conferred wheat responsiveness to Fg05851 and Fg11037, enhanced wheat resistance to F. graminearum and reduced levels of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol in wheat grains in an Fg05851/Fg11037-dependent manner. In the RXEG1 transgenic lines, genes related to pattern-triggered plant immunity, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, and anti-oxidative homeostasis signalling pathways were upregulated during F. graminearum infection. However, the expression of these genes was not significantly changed during infection by the deletion mutant ΔFg05851/Fg11037, suggesting that the recognition of Fg05851/Fg11037 by RXEG1 triggered plant resistance against FHB. Moreover, introducing RXEG1 into three other different wheat cultivars via crossing also conferred resistance to F. graminearum. Expression of RXEG1 did not have obvious deleterious effects on plant growth and development in wheat. Our study reveals that N. benthamiana RXEG1 remains effective when transferred into wheat, a monocot, which in turn suggests that engineering wheat with interfamily plant immune receptor transgenes is a viable strategy for increasing resistance to FHB.
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- Zongkuan Wang
- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingJiangsuChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- College of Grassland ScienceNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingJiangsuChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingJiangsuChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingJiangsuChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant ProtectionNorthwest A&F UniversityYanglingShaanxiChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingJiangsuChina
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- College of Plant ProtectionNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingJiangsuChina
- The Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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Kourelis J, Marchal C, Posbeyikian A, Harant A, Kamoun S. NLR immune receptor-nanobody fusions confer plant disease resistance. Science 2023; 379:934-939. [PMID: 36862785 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn4116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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Plant pathogens cause recurrent epidemics, threatening crop yield and global food security. Efforts to retool the plant immune system have been limited to modifying natural components and can be nullified by the emergence of new pathogen strains. Made-to-order synthetic plant immune receptors provide an opportunity to tailor resistance to pathogen genotypes present in the field. In this work, we show that plant nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat immune receptors (NLRs) can be used as scaffolds for nanobody (single-domain antibody fragment) fusions that bind fluorescent proteins (FPs). These fusions trigger immune responses in the presence of the corresponding FP and confer resistance against plant viruses expressing FPs. Because nanobodies can be raised against most molecules, immune receptor-nanobody fusions have the potential to generate resistance against plant pathogens and pests delivering effectors inside host cells.
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- Jiorgos Kourelis
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Marchal C, Pai H, Kamoun S, Kourelis J. Emerging principles in the design of bioengineered made-to-order plant immune receptors. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 70:102311. [PMID: 36379872 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Crop yield and global food security are under constant threat from plant pathogens with the potential to cause epidemics. Traditional breeding for disease resistance can be too slow to counteract these emerging threats, resulting in the need to retool the plant immune system using bioengineered made-to-order immune receptors. Efforts to engineer immune receptors have focused primarily on nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors and proof-of-principles studies. Based upon a near-exhaustive literature search of previously engineered plant immune systems we distil five emerging principles in the design of bioengineered made-to-order plant NLRs and describe approaches based on other components. These emerging principles are anticipated to assist the functional understanding of plant immune receptors, as well as bioengineering novel disease resistance specificities.
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- Clemence Marchal
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK.
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, Norwich, UK.
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Chen C, Hao W, Wu J, Si H, Xia X, Ma C. Fine Mapping of Stripe-Rust-Resistance Gene YrJ22 in Common Wheat by BSR-Seq and MutMap-Based Sequencing. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3244. [PMID: 36501284 PMCID: PMC9740260 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Identification and accurate mapping of new resistance genes are essential for gene pyramiding in wheat breeding. The YrJ22 gene is a dominant stripe-rust-resistance gene located at the distal end of chromosome 2AL, which was identified in a leading Chinese-wheat variety, Jimai 22, showing high resistance to CYR32, a prevalent race of Puccinia striiformis tritici (Pst) in China. In the current study, 15 F1 and 2273 F2 plants derived from the cross of Jimai 22/Avocet S were used for the fine-mapping of YrJ22. The RNA-Seq of resistant and susceptible bulks of F2 plants (designated BSR-Seq) identified 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in a 12.09 Mb physical interval on chromosome 2AL. A total of 1022 EMS-induced M3 lines of Jimai 22 were screened, to identify susceptible mutants for MutMap analysis. Four CAPS markers were developed from SNPs identified using BSR-Seq and MutMap. A linkage map for YrJ22 was constructed with 11 CAPS/STS and three SSR markers. YrJ22 was located at a 0.9 cM genetic interval flanked by markers H736 and H400, corresponding to a 340.46 kb physical region (768.7-769.0 Mb), including 13 high-confidence genes based on the Chinese Spring reference genome. TraesCS2A01G573200 is a potential candidate-gene, according to linkage and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) analyses. The CAPS marker H732 designed from an SNP in TraesCS2A01G573200 co-segregated with YrJ22. These results provide a useful stripe-rust-resistance gene and molecular markers for marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding and for further cloning of the gene.
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- Can Chen
- Laboratory of Wheat Breeding, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei 230036, China
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- Laboratory of Wheat Breeding, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei 230036, China
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- Laboratory of Wheat Breeding, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- National United Engineering Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, Hefei 230036, China
- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Centre, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Wheat Breeding, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei 230036, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Centre, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, China
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- Laboratory of Wheat Breeding, College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei 230036, China
- National United Engineering Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance Breeding, Hefei 230036, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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Transgenic Improvement for Biotic Resistance of Crops. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214370. [PMID: 36430848 PMCID: PMC9697442 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Biotic constraints, including pathogenic fungi, viruses and bacteria, herbivory insects, as well as parasitic nematodes, cause significant yield loss and quality deterioration of crops. The effect of conventional management of these biotic constraints is limited. The advances in transgenic technologies provide a direct and directional approach to improve crops for biotic resistance. More than a hundred transgenic events and hundreds of cultivars resistant to herbivory insects, pathogenic viruses, and fungi have been developed by the heterologous expression of exogenous genes and RNAi, authorized for cultivation and market, and resulted in a significant reduction in yield loss and quality deterioration. However, the exploration of transgenic improvement for resistance to bacteria and nematodes by overexpression of endogenous genes and RNAi remains at the testing stage. Recent advances in RNAi and CRISPR/Cas technologies open up possibilities to improve the resistance of crops to pathogenic bacteria and plant parasitic nematodes, as well as other biotic constraints.
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Olivera PD, Szabo LJ, Kokhmetova A, Morgounov A, Luster DG, Jin Y. Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Population Causing Recent Wheat Stem Rust Epidemics in Kazakhstan Is Highly Diverse and Includes Novel Virulence Pathotypes. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2022; 112:2403-2415. [PMID: 35671480 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-21-0320-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is a reemerging disease that caused severe epidemics in northern Kazakhstan and western Siberia in the period of 2015 to 2019. We analyzed 51 stem rust samples collected between 2015 and 2017 in five provinces in Kazakhstan. A total of 112 Pgt races were identified from 208 single-pustule isolates. These races are phenotypically and genotypically diverse, and most of them are likely of sexual origin. No differentiation of phenotypes and single-nucleotide polymorphism genotypes was observed between isolates from Akmola and North Kazakhstan provinces, supporting the idea of a wide dispersal of inoculum in the northern regions of the country. Similarities in virulence profiles with Pgt races previously reported in Siberia, Russia, suggest that northern Kazakhstan and western Siberia constitute a single stem rust epidemiological region. In addition to the races of sexual origin, six races reported in Europe, the Caucasus, and East Africa were detected in Kazakhstan, indicating that this epidemiological region is not isolated, and spore inflow from the west occurs. Virulence alone or in combination to several genes effective against the Ug99 race group was detected, including novel virulence on Sr32 + Sr40 and Sr47. The occurrence of a highly diverse Pgt population with virulence to an important group of Sr genes demonstrated the importance of the pathogen's sexual cycle in generating new and potentially damaging virulence combinations.
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- P D Olivera
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Ankara, Turkey
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- USDA-ARS Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Ft. Detrick, MD 21702, U.S.A
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, U.S.A
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Park RF, Boshoff WHP, Cabral AL, Chong J, Martinelli JA, McMullen MS, Fetch JWM, Paczos-Grzęda E, Prats E, Roake J, Sowa S, Ziems L, Singh D. Breeding oat for resistance to the crown rust pathogen Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae: achievements and prospects. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3709-3734. [PMID: 35665827 PMCID: PMC9729147 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04121-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Crown rust, caused by Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (Pca), is a significant impediment to global oat production. Some 98 alleles at 92 loci conferring resistance to Pca in Avena have been designated; however, allelic relationships and chromosomal locations of many of these are unknown. Long-term monitoring of Pca in Australia, North America and elsewhere has shown that it is highly variable even in the absence of sexual recombination, likely due to large pathogen populations that cycle between wild oat communities and oat crops. Efforts to develop cultivars with genetic resistance to Pca began in the 1950s. Based almost solely on all all-stage resistance, this has had temporary benefits but very limited success. The inability to eradicate wild oats, and their common occurrence in many oat growing regions, means that future strategies to control Pca must be based on the assumption of a large and variable prevailing pathogen population with high evolutionary potential, even if cultivars with durable resistance are deployed and grown widely. The presence of minor gene, additive APR to Pca in hexaploid oat germplasm opens the possibility of pyramiding several such genes to give high levels of resistance. The recent availability of reference genomes for diploid and hexaploid oat will undoubtedly accelerate efforts to discover, characterise and develop high throughput diagnostic markers to introgress and pyramid resistance to Pca in high yielding adapted oat germplasm.
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- R F Park
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Canada
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- Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, Canada
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- Department of Crop Science, Agronomy School, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Bento Gonçalves, 7712, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58105-5051, USA
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- Brandon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, Canada
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- CSIC-Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n. , 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Tang Y, He G, He Y, He T. Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens: Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization. TOXICS 2022; 10:624. [PMID: 36287902 PMCID: PMC9609943 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10100624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Plants are susceptible to fungal pathogen infection, threatening plant growth and development. Researchers worldwide have conducted extensive studies to address this issue and have published numerous articles on the subject, but they lack a scientometric evaluation. This study analyzed international research on the topic "Plant resistance to fungal pathogens" between 2008 and 2021, using the core database of the Web of Science (WoS). By searching the subject words "Plants", "Disease Resistance", and "Fungal Pathogens", we received 6687 articles. Bibliometric visualization software analyzes the most published countries, institutions, journals, authors, the most cited articles, and the most common keywords. The results show that the number of articles in the database has increased year by year, with the United States and China occupying the core positions, accounting for 46.16% of the total published articles worldwide. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the main publishing organization. Wang Guoliang is the author with the most published articles, and the Frontiers in Plant Science ranks first in published articles. The research on plant anti-fungal pathogens is booming, and international exchanges and cooperation need to be further strengthened. This paper summarizes five possible research ideas, from fungal pathogens, gene editing technology, extraction of secondary metabolites from plants as anti-fungal agents, identification of related signal pathways, fungal molecular databases, and development of nanomaterials, to provide data for related research.
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- Yueyue Tang
- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
- New Rural Development Research Institute, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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Mapuranga J, Zhang N, Zhang L, Liu W, Chang J, Yang W. Harnessing genetic resistance to rusts in wheat and integrated rust management methods to develop more durable resistant cultivars. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:951095. [PMID: 36311120 PMCID: PMC9614308 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.951095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Wheat is one of the most important staple foods on earth. Leaf rust, stem rust and stripe rust, caused by Puccini triticina, Puccinia f. sp. graminis and Puccinia f. sp. striiformis, respectively, continue to threaten wheat production worldwide. Utilization of resistant cultivars is the most effective and chemical-free strategy to control rust diseases. Convectional and molecular biology techniques identified more than 200 resistance genes and their associated markers from common wheat and wheat wild relatives, which can be used by breeders in resistance breeding programmes. However, there is continuous emergence of new races of rust pathogens with novel degrees of virulence, thus rendering wheat resistance genes ineffective. An integration of genomic selection, genome editing, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and phenotypic evaluations is required in developing high quality wheat varieties with resistance to multiple pathogens. Although host genotype resistance and application of fungicides are the most generally utilized approaches for controlling wheat rusts, effective agronomic methods are required to reduce disease management costs and increase wheat production sustainability. This review gives a critical overview of the current knowledge of rust resistance, particularly race-specific and non-race specific resistance, the role of pathogenesis-related proteins, non-coding RNAs, and transcription factors in rust resistance, and the molecular basis of interactions between wheat and rust pathogens. It will also discuss the new advances on how integrated rust management methods can assist in developing more durable resistant cultivars in these pathosystems.
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Advances in Fungal Elicitor-Triggered Plant Immunity. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231912003. [PMID: 36233304 PMCID: PMC9569958 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231912003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There is an array of pathogenic fungi in the natural environment of plants, which produce some molecules including pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and effectors during infection. These molecules, which can be recognized by plant specific receptors to activate plant immunity, including PTI (PAMP-triggered immunity) and ETI (effector-triggered immunity), are called elicitors. Undoubtedly, identification of novel fungal elicitors and their plant receptors and comprehensive understanding about fungal elicitor-triggered plant immunity will be of great significance to effectively control plant diseases. Great progress has occurred in fungal elicitor-triggered plant immunity, especially in the signaling pathways of PTI and ETI, in recent years. Here, recent advances in fungal elicitor-triggered plant immunity are summarized and their important contribution to the enlightenment of plant disease control is also discussed.
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Zhang R, Lu C, Meng X, Fan Y, Du J, Liu R, Feng Y, Xing L, Cápal P, Holušová K, Doležel J, Wang Y, Mu H, Sun B, Hou F, Yao R, Xiong C, Wang Y, Chen P, Cao A. Fine mapping of powdery mildew and stripe rust resistance genes Pm5V/Yr5V transferred from Dasypyrum villosum into wheat without yield penalty. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3629-3642. [PMID: 36038638 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The novel wheat powdery mildew and stripe rust resistance genes Pm5V/Yr5V are introgressed from Dasypyrum villosum and fine mapped to a narrowed region in 5VS, and their effects on yield-related traits were characterized. The powdery mildew and stripe rust seriously threaten wheat production worldwide. Dasypyrum villosum (2n = 2x = 14, VV), a relative of wheat, is a valuable resource of resistance genes for wheat improvement. Here, we describe a platform for rapid introgression of the resistance genes from D. villosum into the wheat D genome. A complete set of new wheat-D. villosum V (D) disomic substitution lines and 11 D/V Robertsonian translocation lines are developed and characterized by molecular cytogenetic method. A new T5DL·5V#5S line NAU1908 shows resistance to both powdery mildew and stripe rust, and the resistances associated with 5VS are confirmed to be conferred by seedling resistance gene Pm5V and adult-plant resistance gene Yr5V, respectively. We flow-sort chromosome arm 5VS and sequence it using the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 system that allows us to generate 5VS-specific markers for genetic mapping of Pm5V/Yr5V. Fine mapping shows that Pm5V and Yr5V are closely linked and the location is narrowed to an approximately 0.9 Mb region referencing the sequence of Chinese Spring 5DS. In this region, a NLR gene in scaffold 24,874 of 5VS orthologous to TraesCS5D02G044300 is the most likely candidate gene for Pm5V. Soft- and hard-grained T5DL·5V#5S introgressions confer resistance to both powdery mildew and stripe rust in diverse wheat genetic backgrounds without yield penalty. Meanwhile, significant decrease in plant height and increase in yield were observed in NIL-5DL·5V#5S compared with that in NIL-5DL·5DS. These results indicate that Pm5V/Yr5V lines might have the potential value to facilitate wheat breeding for disease resistance.
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- Ruiqi Zhang
- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Agronomy of Nanjing Agricultural University/National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement /JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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Förderer A, Li E, Lawson AW, Deng YN, Sun Y, Logemann E, Zhang X, Wen J, Han Z, Chang J, Chen Y, Schulze-Lefert P, Chai J. A wheat resistosome defines common principles of immune receptor channels. Nature 2022; 610:532-539. [PMID: 36163289 PMCID: PMC9581773 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05231-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Plant intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) detect pathogen effectors to trigger immune responses1. Indirect recognition of a pathogen effector by the dicotyledonous Arabidopsis thaliana coiled-coil domain containing NLR (CNL) ZAR1 induces the formation of a large hetero-oligomeric protein complex, termed the ZAR1 resistosome, which functions as a calcium channel required for ZAR1-mediated immunity2-4. Whether the resistosome and channel activities are conserved among plant CNLs remains unknown. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of the wheat CNL Sr355 in complex with the effector AvrSr356 of the wheat stem rust pathogen. Direct effector binding to the leucine-rich repeats of Sr35 results in the formation of a pentameric Sr35-AvrSr35 complex, which we term the Sr35 resistosome. Wheat Sr35 and Arabidopsis ZAR1 resistosomes bear striking structural similarities, including an arginine cluster in the leucine-rich repeats domain not previously recognized as conserved, which co-occurs and forms intramolecular interactions with the 'EDVID' motif in the coiled-coil domain. Electrophysiological measurements show that the Sr35 resistosome exhibits non-selective cation channel activity. These structural insights allowed us to generate new variants of closely related wheat and barley orphan NLRs that recognize AvrSr35. Our data support the evolutionary conservation of CNL resistosomes in plants and demonstrate proof of principle for structure-based engineering of NLRs for crop improvement.
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- Alexander Förderer
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules and Drug Innovation, Henan Normal University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Concerted actions of PRR- and NLR-mediated immunity. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:501-511. [PMID: 35762737 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20220067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Plants utilise cell-surface immune receptors (functioning as pattern recognition receptors, PRRs) and intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) to detect pathogens. Perception of pathogens by these receptors activates immune signalling and resistance to infections. PRR- and NLR-mediated immunity have primarily been considered parallel processes contributing to disease resistance. Recent studies suggest that these two pathways are interdependent and converge at multiple nodes. This review summarises and provides a perspective on these convergent points.
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Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2022; 65:1718-1775. [PMID: 36018491 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-022-2178-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population. Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous achievements in understanding the origin and domestication of wheat, and the genetic basis of agronomically important traits, which promote the breeding of elite varieties. In this review, we focus on progress that has been made in genomic research and genetic improvement of traits such as grain yield, end-use traits, flowering regulation, nutrient use efficiency, and biotic and abiotic stress responses, and various breeding strategies that contributed mainly by Chinese scientists. Functional genomic research in wheat is entering a new era with the availability of multiple reference wheat genome assemblies and the development of cutting-edge technologies such as precise genome editing tools, high-throughput phenotyping platforms, sequencing-based cloning strategies, high-efficiency genetic transformation systems, and speed-breeding facilities. These insights will further extend our understanding of the molecular mechanisms and regulatory networks underlying agronomic traits and facilitate the breeding process, ultimately contributing to more sustainable agriculture in China and throughout the world.
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Ma X, Ouyang X, Liu D, Zhang A. The 218th amino acid change of Ser to Ala in TaAGPS-7A increases enzyme activity and grain weight in bread wheat. THE CROP JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2022.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Harnessing adult-plant resistance genes to deploy durable disease resistance in crops. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:571-580. [PMID: 35912968 PMCID: PMC9528086 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Adult-plant resistance (APR) is a type of genetic resistance in cereals that is effective during the later growth stages and can protect plants from a range of disease-causing pathogens. Our understanding of the functions of APR-associated genes stems from the well-studied wheat-rust pathosystem. Genes conferring APR can offer pathogen-specific resistance or multi-pathogen resistance, whereby resistance is activated following a molecular recognition event. The breeding community prefers APR to other types of resistance because it offers broad-spectrum protection that has proven to be more durable. In practice, however, deployment of new cultivars incorporating APR is challenging because there is a lack of well-characterised APRs in elite germplasm and multiple loci must be combined to achieve high levels of resistance. Genebanks provide an excellent source of genetic diversity that can be used to diversify resistance factors, but introgression of novel alleles into elite germplasm is a lengthy and challenging process. To overcome this bottleneck, new tools in breeding for resistance must be integrated to fast-track the discovery, introgression and pyramiding of APR genes. This review highlights recent advances in understanding the functions of APR genes in the well-studied wheat-rust pathosystem, the opportunities to adopt APR genes in other crops and the technology that can speed up the utilisation of new sources of APR in genebank accessions.
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Sinha A, Singh L, Rawat N. Current understanding of atypical resistance against fungal pathogens in wheat. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 68:102247. [PMID: 35716636 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Pathogens and pests are a major challenge to global food security. Around one hundred different pests and pathogens challenge wheat, one of the most important food crops in the world. Traditional worldwide use of a few key resistance genes in wheat cultivars has necessitated a diversification of the toolbox of resistance genes in wheat varieties over the coming decades to meet the global production demands. Recent advances in gene discovery and functional characterization of genetic resistance mechanisms in wheat reveal great diversity in the types and effectiveness of the underlying resistance genes. This article summarizes the recent developments in the discovery of non-traditional "atypical" resistance genes in wheat against diverse fungal pathogens.
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- Arunima Sinha
- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
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Rabiey M, Welch T, Sanchez-Lucas R, Stevens K, Raw M, Kettles GJ, Catoni M, McDonald MC, Jackson RW, Luna E. Scaling-up to understand tree-pathogen interactions: A steep, tough climb or a walk in the park? CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 68:102229. [PMID: 35567925 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102229] [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: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plants have proficient tools that allow them to survive interactions with pathogens. Upon attack, they respond with specific countermeasures, which are controlled by the immune system. However, defences can fail and this failure exposes plants to fast-spreading devastation. Trees face similar challenges to other plants and their immune system allows them to mount defences against pathogens. However, their slow growth, longevity, woodiness, and size can make trees a challenging system to study. Here, we review scientific successes in plant systems, highlight the key challenges and describe the enormous opportunities for pathology research in trees. We discuss the benefits that scaling-up our understanding on tree-pathogen interactions can provide in the fight against plant pathogenic threats.
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- Mojgan Rabiey
- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
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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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Hussain B, Akpınar BA, Alaux M, Algharib AM, Sehgal D, Ali Z, Aradottir GI, Batley J, Bellec A, Bentley AR, Cagirici HB, Cattivelli L, Choulet F, Cockram J, Desiderio F, Devaux P, Dogramaci M, Dorado G, Dreisigacker S, Edwards D, El-Hassouni K, Eversole K, Fahima T, Figueroa M, Gálvez S, Gill KS, Govta L, Gul A, Hensel G, Hernandez P, Crespo-Herrera LA, Ibrahim A, Kilian B, Korzun V, Krugman T, Li Y, Liu S, Mahmoud AF, Morgounov A, Muslu T, Naseer F, Ordon F, Paux E, Perovic D, Reddy GVP, Reif JC, Reynolds M, Roychowdhury R, Rudd J, Sen TZ, Sukumaran S, Ozdemir BS, Tiwari VK, Ullah N, Unver T, Yazar S, Appels R, Budak H. Capturing Wheat Phenotypes at the Genome Level. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:851079. [PMID: 35860541 PMCID: PMC9289626 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.851079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent technological advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have dramatically reduced the cost of DNA sequencing, allowing species with large and complex genomes to be sequenced. Although bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the world's most important food crops, efficient exploitation of molecular marker-assisted breeding approaches has lagged behind that achieved in other crop species, due to its large polyploid genome. However, an international public-private effort spanning 9 years reported over 65% draft genome of bread wheat in 2014, and finally, after more than a decade culminated in the release of a gold-standard, fully annotated reference wheat-genome assembly in 2018. Shortly thereafter, in 2020, the genome of assemblies of additional 15 global wheat accessions was released. As a result, wheat has now entered into the pan-genomic era, where basic resources can be efficiently exploited. Wheat genotyping with a few hundred markers has been replaced by genotyping arrays, capable of characterizing hundreds of wheat lines, using thousands of markers, providing fast, relatively inexpensive, and reliable data for exploitation in wheat breeding. These advances have opened up new opportunities for marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomic selection (GS) in wheat. Herein, we review the advances and perspectives in wheat genetics and genomics, with a focus on key traits, including grain yield, yield-related traits, end-use quality, and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. We also focus on reported candidate genes cloned and linked to traits of interest. Furthermore, we report on the improvement in the aforementioned quantitative traits, through the use of (i) clustered regularly interspaced short-palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9)-mediated gene-editing and (ii) positional cloning methods, and of genomic selection. Finally, we examine the utilization of genomics for the next-generation wheat breeding, providing a practical example of using in silico bioinformatics tools that are based on the wheat reference-genome sequence.
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- Babar Hussain
- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, URGI, Versailles, France
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- Department of Environment and Bio-Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology, The National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- French Plant Genomic Resource Center, INRAE-CNRGV, Castanet Tolosan, France
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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- Crop Improvement and Genetics Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, United States
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics-Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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- French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, INRAE, GDEC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, The National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics-Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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- Research & Innovation, Florimond Desprez Group, Cappelle-en-Pévèle, France
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Rabanales C6-1-E17, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- State Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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- International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Department of Languages and Computer Science, ETSI Informática, Campus de Teatinos, Universidad de Málaga, Andalucía Tech, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Crop Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Center of Plant Genome Engineering, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Division of Molecular Biology, Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agriculture Research, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Crop and Soil Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Crop and Soil Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, INRAE, GDEC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, United States
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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- Institute of Evolution and Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Crop and Soil Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Crop Improvement and Genetics Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, United States
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- Institute of Biological Sciences (IBS), Gomal University, D. I. Khan, Pakistan
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- Ficus Biotechnology, Ostim Teknopark, Ankara, Turkey
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- General Directorate of Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Ankara, Turkey
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- Montana BioAgriculture, Inc., Missoula, MT, United States
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Zhao Y, Zhu X, Chen X, Zhou JM. From plant immunity to crop disease resistance. J Genet Genomics 2022; 49:693-703. [PMID: 35728759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2022.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Plant diseases caused by diverse pathogens lead to serious reduction in crop yield and threaten food security worldwide. Genetic improvement of plant immunity is considered as the most effective and sustainable approach to control crop diseases. In the last decade, our understanding of plant immunity at both molecular and genomic levels has improved greatly. Combined with advances in biotechnologies, particularly CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing, we can now rapidly identify new resistance genes and engineer disease resistance crop plants like never before. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of plant immunity and outline existing and new strategies for disease resistance improvement in crop plants. We also discuss existing challenges in this field and suggest directions for future studies.
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- Yan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu Sichuan 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu Sichuan 611130, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Biotic Interactions, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya, Hainai 572025, China.
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Unconventional R proteins in the botanical tribe Triticeae. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:561-569. [PMID: 35670039 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210081] [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: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Plant immunity is triggered following the perception of pathogen-derived molecules by plant receptor proteins. Two protein families, membrane-localized receptor-like kinases (RLK) and intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors, play key roles in pathogen perception and in the initiation of downstream signaling cascades that lead to defense responses. In addition to RLKs and NLRs, recent research has identified additional protein families that function as plant resistance (R) proteins. In particular, the botanical tribe Triticeae, which includes the globally important crop species wheat and barley, has played a significant role in the discovery of 'unconventional' R proteins. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge on unconventional R genes in Triticeae and the proteins they encode. The knowledge on unconventional R proteins will not only broaden our understanding of plant-pathogen interactions but also have great implications for disease resistance breeding in crops.
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Han X, Tsuda K. Evolutionary footprint of plant immunity. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 67:102209. [PMID: 35430538 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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There are pieces of evidence from genomic footprints and fossil records indicating that plants have co-evolved with microbes after terrestrialization for more than 407 million years. Therefore, to truly comprehend plant evolution, we need to understand the co-evolutionary process and history between plants and microbes. Recent developments in genomes and transcriptomes of a vast number of plant species as well as microbes have greatly expanded our knowledge of the evolution of the plant immune system. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the co-evolution between plants and microbes with emphasis on the plant side and point out future research needed for understanding plant-microbial co-evolution. Knowledge of the evolution and variation of the plant immune system will better equip us on designing crops with boosted performance in agricultural fields.
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- Xiaowei Han
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Hubei Key Lab of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China; Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518120, China.
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Lin G, Chen H, Tian B, Sehgal SK, Singh L, Xie J, Rawat N, Juliana P, Singh N, Shrestha S, Wilson DL, Shult H, Lee H, Schoen AW, Tiwari VK, Singh RP, Guttieri MJ, Trick HN, Poland J, Bowden RL, Bai G, Gill B, Liu S. Cloning of the broadly effective wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr42 transferred from Aegilops tauschii. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3044. [PMID: 35650212 PMCID: PMC9160033 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30784-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The wheat wild relative Aegilops tauschii was previously used to transfer the Lr42 leaf rust resistance gene into bread wheat. Lr42 confers resistance at both seedling and adult stages, and it is broadly effective against all leaf rust races tested to date. Lr42 has been used extensively in the CIMMYT international wheat breeding program with resulting cultivars deployed in several countries. Here, using a bulked segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) mapping strategy, we identify three candidate genes for Lr42. Overexpression of a nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NLR) gene AET1Gv20040300 induces strong resistance to leaf rust in wheat and a mutation of the gene disrupted the resistance. The Lr42 resistance allele is rare in Ae. tauschii and likely arose from ectopic recombination. Cloning of Lr42 provides diagnostic markers and over 1000 CIMMYT wheat lines carrying Lr42 have been developed documenting its widespread use and impact in crop improvement.
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- Guifang Lin
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.,Syngenta Crop Protection, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 57006, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.,State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico.,Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.,Bayer R&D Services LLC, Kansas City, MO, 64153, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.,Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.,Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.
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McTaggart AR, James TY, Idnurm A, Park RF, Shuey LS, Demers MNK, Aime MC. Sexual reproduction is the null hypothesis for life cycles of rust fungi. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010439. [PMID: 35617196 PMCID: PMC9135232 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sexual reproduction, mutation, and reassortment of nuclei increase genotypic diversity in rust fungi. Sexual reproduction is inherent to rust fungi, coupled with their coevolved plant hosts in native pathosystems. Rust fungi are hypothesised to exchange nuclei by somatic hybridisation with an outcome of increased genotypic diversity, independent of sexual reproduction. We provide criteria to demonstrate whether somatic exchange has occurred, including knowledge of parental haplotypes and rejection of fertilisation in normal rust life cycles.
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- Alistair R. McTaggart
- Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia
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- Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Xue S, Hu S, Chen X, Ma Y, Lu M, Bai S, Wang X, Sun T, Wang Y, Wan H, An X, Li S. Fine mapping of Pm58 from Aegilops tauschii conferring powdery mildew resistance. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:1657-1669. [PMID: 35234985 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04061-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The powdery mildew resistance gene Pm58 was traced to a 141.3-kb interval with the co-segregating marker Xkasp68500 in wheat breeding. Pm58 is a powdery mildew resistance gene identified in Aegilops tauschii accession TA1662 and effective in a common wheat background. To finely map Pm58, an F2 population of 676 plants derived from the cross T093 × TA1662 was used for recombinant screening. We obtained 13 recombinants that occurred between the flanking markers Xhnu670 and Xhnu186. Genotyping and phenotyping these recombinant F2:3 families delimited Pm58 to a 0.22-cM interval (Xsts20220-Xkasp61553) on chromosome arm 2DS. The region carrying the Pm58 locus was approximately 141.3-kb, which contained eight annotated genes according to the reference genome sequence of Ae. tauschii AL8/78. Haplotype analysis of 178 Ae. tauschii accessions using the candidate gene-specific markers identified a disease resistance gene AET2Gv20068500 as a candidate for Pm58. Comparative mapping of the Pm58-containing interval revealed two presence/absence variations (PAVs) between AL8/78 and common wheat Chinese Spring. PAV-1 resides in the 3'-end of AET2Gv20068500. The majority of 158 common wheat cultivars (84.8%) displayed the absence of a 14.1-kb fragment in the PAV-1 region, which was confirmed by aligning the targeted genome sequences of the other sequenced Ae. tauschii accessions and common wheat cultivars. A co-segregating marker Xkasp68500 developed from AET2Gv20068500 can distinguish TA1662 from all randomly selected common wheat cultivars and will be instrumental for tracking Pm58 in breeding programs.
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- Shulin Xue
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southwestern China, Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, Sichuan, China
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- Zibo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zibo, 255000, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, College of Agriculture, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, Henan, China.
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Ngou BPM, Ding P, Jones JDG. Thirty years of resistance: Zig-zag through the plant immune system. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:1447-1478. [PMID: 35167697 PMCID: PMC9048904 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 125.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the plant immune system is crucial for using genetics to protect crops from diseases. Plants resist pathogens via a two-tiered innate immune detection-and-response system. The first plant Resistance (R) gene was cloned in 1992 . Since then, many cell-surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) have been identified, and R genes that encode intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) have been cloned. Here, we provide a list of characterized PRRs and NLRs. In addition to immune receptors, many components of immune signaling networks were discovered over the last 30 years. We review the signaling pathways, physiological responses, and molecular regulation of both PRR- and NLR-mediated immunity. Recent studies have reinforced the importance of interactions between the two immune systems. We provide an overview of interactions between PRR- and NLR-mediated immunity, highlighting challenges and perspectives for future research.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Author for correspondence: (B.P.M.N.); (P.D.); (J.J.)
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