Eliza P.I. Loo

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 introduces ArtSoil, a synthetic growth medium that mimics soil conditions for plants, enabling microbiota-driven growth without sugar supplementation and supporting physiologically relevant plant development.

This study identifies the sux gene cluster in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae as essential for sucrose uptake, which supports bacterial growth, motility, biofilm formation, and virulence in rice.

This study investigates Xoo morphology changes during in vitro growth and rice leaf infection, finding filamentous forms aid in tissue invasion while rod-shaped cells facilitate vascular movement.

The paper establishes a rapid root infection system to study Xoo transmission from rice roots to shoots and finds no progression beyond the coleoptile node.

The paper evaluates genome-edited rice lines resistant to bacterial blight, showing no performance defects and absence of foreign DNA in offspring.