K. Seong

Wheat Enhanced Disease Resistance EMS-Mutants Include Lesion-mimics With Adult Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust

The paper identifies 16 wheat mutants with enhanced resistance to stripe rust and other fungal pathogens through forward genetic screening and maps their mutations to a long-read genome.

An array of Zymoseptoria tritici effectors suppress plant immune responses

The paper identifies Zymoseptoria tritici effectors that suppress plant immune responses by screening libraries and analyzing structural predictions.

Comparative computational structural genomics highlights divergent evolution of fungal effectors

This study uses structural genomics to analyze effector evolution in fungi, finding lineage-specific expansions and structural diversification of effector families.

Engineering of Sr33 and Sr50 plant immune receptors to alter recognition specificity and autoactivity

This study identifies amino acids in wheat NLRs Sr33 and Sr50 that mediate effector recognition and autoactivity, enabling engineered resistance.

A draft genome assembly for the heterozygous wild tomato Solanum habrochaites highlights haplotypic structural variations of intracellular immune receptors

This paper presents a draft genome assembly of Solanum habrochaites LA1353, revealing haplotypic structural variations that expand NLR gene inventory and enhance sequence evolution.

Paralog editing tunes rice stomatal density to maintain photosynthesis and improve drought tolerance

The paper edits paralogs of STOMAGEN in rice to reduce stomatal density, improving drought tolerance without compromising photosynthesis.

Computational structural genomics unravels common folds and predicted functions in the secretome of fungal phytopathogen Magnaporthe oryzae

This study uses computational structural genomics to analyze secreted proteins in Magnaporthe oryzae, revealing common folds and predicting functions of effectors that sequence analysis alone cannot.

Evolution of NLR resistance genes with non-canonical N-terminal domains in wild tomato species

The paper analyzes NLR resistance genes in wild tomato species, revealing their evolutionary dynamics and structural diversity using SMRT sequencing.