Rice blast resistance gene Pii is controlled by a pair of NBS-LRR genes Pii-1 and Pii-2
Hiroki Takagi, Akira Abe, Aiko Uemura, Kaori Oikawa, Hiroe Utsushi, Hiroki Yaegashi, Hideko Kikuchi, Motoki Shimizu, Yoshiko Abe, Hiroyuki Kanzaki, Hiromasa Saito, Ryohei Terauchi, Koki Fujisaki
The paper identifies two NBS-LRR genes, Pii-1 and Pii-2, that together confer resistance to rice blast disease in rice.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2017 · PreprintGenetics