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The wheat powdery mildew resistance gene Pm4 also confers resistance to wheat blast.
Nature plants - 1 Jun 2024
O'Hara Tom, Steed Andrew, Goddard Rachel, Gaurav Kumar, Arora Sanu, Quiroz-Chávez Jesús, Ramírez-González Ricardo, Badgami Roshani, Gilbert David, Sánchez-Martín Javier, Wingen Luzie, Feng Cong, Jiang Mei, Cheng Shifeng, Dreisigacker Susanne, Keller Beat, Wulff Brande B H, Uauy Cristóbal, Nicholson Paul
Abstract excerpt
Wheat blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, threatens global cereal production since its emergence in Brazil in 1985 and recently spread to Bangladesh and Zambia. Here we demonstrate that the AVR-Rmg8 effector, common in wheat-infecting isolates, is recognized by the gene Pm4, previously shown to confer resistance to specific races of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, the cause of powdery mildew of...
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