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Falk-Fooken Decker

Okayama University

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Rice blast fungus hijacks a rice RALF peptide to initiate infection

Fumi Fukada, Shihoko Fujii, Naomi Konishi, Tomoyuki Furuta, Y Hino, Alfino Sebastian, Motoki Shimizu, Yuta Harada, Takayuki Arazoe, Ivan Gális, Soichiro Asuke, Falk-Fooken Decker, Ting Guo, Natsuko Ono, 英紀西村, , Yoji Kawano

This study shows that the rice RALF peptide OsRALF7 is hijacked by the rice blast fungus to trigger appressorium formation, aiding infection, while retaining antifungal activity against other fungi.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology