Xanthomonas spp. encompass a wide range of plant pathogens that use numerous
virulence factors for pathogenicity and fitness in plant hosts. In this Review, we examine …

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 …

Drought and heat are major abiotic stresses frequently coinciding to threaten rice
production. Despite hundreds of stress-related genes being identified, only a few have been …

Carbohydrate partitioning between the source and sink tissues plays an important role in
regulating plant growth and development. However, the molecular mechanisms regulating …

Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), the causal agent of bacterial blight of rice, employs
the transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) to induce the expression of the OsSWEET …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop, feeding more than 50% of the world's population.
Diseases caused by bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens constantly threaten the rice …

Xanthomonas is a well-studied genus of bacterial plant pathogens whose members cause a
variety of diseases in economically important crops worldwide. Genomic and functional …

The SWEET (sugars will eventually be exported transporter) family was identified as a new
class of sugar transporters that function as bidirectional uniporters/facilitators and facilitate …

Sucrose metabolism plays pivotal roles in development, stress response, and yield
formation, mainly by generating a range of sugars as metabolites to fuel growth and …

Bacterial blight of rice is caused by the γ‐proteobacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae,
which utilizes a group of type III TAL (transcription activator‐like) effectors to induce host …