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Wheat Mds-1 encodes a heat-shock protein and governs susceptibility towards the Hessian fly gall midge.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2013
Liu Xuming, Khajuria Chitvan, Li Jiarui, Trick Harold N, Huang Li, Gill Bikram S, Reeck Gerald R, Antony Ginny, White Frank F, Chen Ming-Shun
Abstract excerpt
Gall midges induce formation of host nutritive cells and alter plant metabolism to utilize host resources. Here we show that the gene Mayetiola destructor susceptibility-1 on wheat chromosome 3AS encodes a small heat-shock protein and is a major susceptibility gene for infestation of wheat by the...
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