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 …

Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and pose a threat to
global food security and agricultural sustainability. Improving crop resistance to pathogens …

In their natural environment, plants are exposed to biotic or abiotic stresses that occur
sequentially or simultaneously. Plant responses to these stresses have been studied widely …

Harnessing natural genetic variation is an established alternative to artificial genetic
variation for investigating the molecular dialog between partners in plant pathosystems …

Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-
input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect …

The emergence and re-emergence of plant pathogenic microorganisms are processes that
imply perturbations in both host and pathogen ecological niches. Global change is largely …

Crop losses caused by plant pathogens are a primary threat to stable food production. Stripe
rust (Puccinia striiformis) is a fungal pathogen of cereal crops that causes significant …

The plant immune system has been explored essentially through the study of qualitative
resistance, a simple form of immunity, and from a reductionist point of view. The recent …

Molecular plant pathology has focused on studying large-effect qualitative resistance loci
that predominantly function in detecting pathogens and/or transmitting signals resulting from …

Understanding the role of the host genome in modulating microbiota variation is a need to
shed light on the holobiont theory and overcome the current limits on the description of host …