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Improved bacterial leaf blight disease resistance in the major elite Vietnamese rice cultivar TBR225 via editing of the OsSWEET14 promoter.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Duy Phuong Nguyen, Lan Dai Tran, Pham Thu Hang, Thi Thu Huong Phung, Nguyen Thanh Ha, Pham Ngoc Phuong, Auguy Florence, Bui Thi Thu Huong, Manh Tran Bao, Cunnac Sebastien, Pham Xuan Hoi
Abstract excerpt
TBR225 is one of the most popular commercial rice varieties in Northern Vietnam. However, this variety is highly susceptible to bacterial leaf blight (BLB), a disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) which can lead to important yield losses. OsSWEET14 belongs to the SWEET gene family that encodes sugar transporters. Together with other Clade III members, it behaves as a susceptibility (S) gene whose...
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