Beat Keller

The paper identifies AvrWTK4, a pathogen effector recognised by the wheat tandem kinase receptor WTK4, and shows its interaction with the HMA-like domain of WTK4.

This study identifies genetic factors influencing pollen number and anther length in bread wheat using nested association mapping, revealing new QTLs and the role of Green Revolution genes.

The paper identifies how two wheat resistance alleles, Pm3d and Pm3e, recognize structurally diverse mildew effectors to confer broad-spectrum resistance.

The paper identifies AvrPm4, a mildew effector recognised by the wheat resistance gene Pm4, and shows that virulent isolates evade resistance via SvrPm4, which suppresses AvrPm4-induced cell death.

This study identifies Lr14a as a calcium-permeable channel in wheat that mediates cytoplasmic calcium influx, essential for stomatal immunity against leaf rust.

This study shows that chitin soil amendment enhances systemic plant disease resistance through pattern-triggered immunity, independent of soil microbes.

The paper uses k-mer-based GWAS on a wheat collection to identify novel powdery mildew resistance loci, finding 27 new loci and a region for adult plant resistance.

The paper combines pangenomics and population genetics to identify chromosomal rearrangements, copy number variations, and transposon activity in wheat and rye powdery mildew isolates.

The paper shows RWT4, a wheat tandem kinase, directly binds the fungal effector AvrPWT4, triggering defense responses through kinase activity and structural features.

This study investigates the localization and interaction of the wheat NLR protein PM3b with its effector AVRPM3b2/c2, revealing distinct sub-cellular localization and interaction dynamics compared to other NLRs.

The paper investigates how sequence-diverse effector proteins of wheat powdery mildew are recognized by immune receptors, revealing structural and functional mechanisms of recognition specificity.

This study presents a barley pangenome revealing structural variation linked to traits like disease resistance and plant architecture, highlighting its role in adaptive evolution.

The paper analyzes wheat germplasm to identify introgression segments and provides evidence for inter-homoeolog chromosomal recombination.

The paper identifies Stb15, a lectin receptor-like kinase gene conferring resistance to Septoria tritici blotch in wheat, through GWAS and functional validation.

This study reports the reference genome of triticale powdery mildew, identifies lineage-specific effectors, and shows their role in host adaptation through hybridization.

The paper presents a chromosome-scale rye genome assembly to study genomic evolution and agronomic traits in Triticeae crops.

This study uses high-throughput genotyping to analyze spelt genetic diversity and reveals its divergence from bread wheat and independent introduction into Europe.

The paper compares the genome sequences of two wheat cultivars to identify structural variations and their evolutionary mechanisms.

The paper develops NLR-Annotator to identify NLR genes in wheat genomes and characterizes their structure, phylogeny, and expression, finding 3,400 NLR loci with 88% low basal expression.