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Broad-spectrum fungal resistance in sorghum is conferred through the complex regulation of an immune receptor gene embedded in a natural antisense transcript.
The Plant cell - 26 Apr 2022
Lee Sanghun, Fu Fuyou, Liao Chao-Jan, Mewa Demeke B, Adeyanju Adedayo, Ejeta Gebisa, Lisch Damon, Mengiste Tesfaye
Abstract excerpt
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), the fifth most widely grown cereal crop globally, provides food security for millions of people. Anthracnose caused by the fungus Colletotrichum sublineola is a major disease of sorghum worldwide. We discovered a major fungal resistance locus in sorghum composed of the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptor gene ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANCE GENE1 (ARG1) that is completely nested in...
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