Plants have many, highly variable resistance (R) gene loci, which provide resistance to a
variety of pathogens. The first R gene to be cloned, maize (Zea mays) Hm1, was published …

Rice feeds more than half of the world's population. Rice blast, caused by the fungal
pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, and bacterial blight, caused by the bacterial pathogen …

Xanthomonads are bacterial plant pathogens that cause diseases on many plant species,
including important crops. Key to pathogenicity of most Xanthomonas pathovars is a Hrp …

African strains of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae contain fewer TAL effectors than Asian
strains, and their contribution to pathogenicity is unknown. Systematic mutagenesis of tal …

Rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation represents a world laboratory for investigation into bacterial
diseases of rice, in particular, and host-parasite interactions, in general, at the molecular …

Bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is a devastating disease
of rice worldwide. The qualitative or pathogen race-specific resistance to this pathogen …

Rice is the most important food crop worldwide and sustainable rice production is important
for ensuring global food security. Biotic stresses limit rice production significantly and among …

Rice blast and bacterial blight are important diseases of rice (Oryza sativa) caused by the
fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) …

Continuous planting of crops containing single disease resistance (R) genes imposes a
strong selection for virulence in pathogen populations, often rendering the R gene …

A large number of pathogenic microorganisms cause rice diseases that lead to enormous
yield losses worldwide. Such losses are important because rice is a staple food for more …