S. Hamsa

Modes of action and in planta antifungal activity of Olea europaea defensin OefDef1.1-derived peptide variant

This study evaluates a synthetic peptide variant derived from olive defensin OefDef1.1, showing antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea through membrane permeabilization, vacuolar accumulation, and protein synthesis inhibition.

A PthXo2B ortholog in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae strain IX-221 acts as a major virulence factor on indica rice without activating a Clade III SWEET gene.

This paper identifies a TALE variant in Xoo strain IX-221 that overcomes xa13 resistance in indica rice by upregulating an alternative SWEET gene, highlighting non-RVD sequence variation in TALE targeting.