A wheat kinase and immune receptor form the host-specificity barrier against the blast fungus
S. Arora, A. Steed, R. Goddard, K. Gaurav, T. O'Hara, A. Schoen, N. Rawat, A. F. Elkot, C. Chinoy, M. H. Nicholson, S. Asuke, B. Steuernagel, G. Yu, R. Awal, M. Forner-Martinez, , P. Nicholson
The paper identifies two wheat resistance genes that act as host-specificity barriers against the blast fungus and describes assays to incorporate these genes into wheat cultivars.
bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2022Plant Biology