Florence Auguy

This study shows that knocking out eIFiso4G1 or introducing Indels in its VPg-interacting region confers high resistance to RYMV in rice, with some variants maintaining plant growth.

The paper uses marker-assisted breeding to pyramid four resistance genes into three East African rice varieties to confer resistance to bacterial blight strains.

The paper traces the evolutionary history of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in Africa, showing its adaptation to African rice and how the introduction of Asian rice shaped its population structure.

The paper identifies a novel class of sRNAs in rice induced by bacterial infection, which may play a role in plant-microbe interactions.