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 …

Many plant-associated microbes are pathogens that impair plant growth and reproduction.
Plants respond to infection using a two-branched innate immune system. The first branch …

The evolution of the plant immune response has culminated in a highly effective defense
system that is able to resist potential attack by microbial pathogens. The primary immune …

Pathogenicity of most Gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacteria depends on the type III
secretion (T3S) system, which translocates bacterial effector proteins into plant cells. Type III …

Plants respond to pathogens using elaborate networks of genetic interactions. Recently,
significant progress has been made in understanding RNA silencing and how viruses …

Every plant is closely associated with a variety of living organisms. Therefore, deciphering
how plants interact with mutualistic and parasitic organisms is essential for a comprehensive …

Plant proteins belonging to the nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR)
family are used for pathogen detection. Like the mammalian Nod-LRR protein'sensors' that …

Plants are hosts to a wide array of pathogens from all kingdoms of life. In the absence of an
active immune system or combinatorial diversifications that lead to recombination-driven …

Plants are invaded by an array of pathogens of which only a few succeed in causing
disease. The attack by others is countered by a sophisticated immune system possessed by …

To suppress plant defense responses and favor the establishment of disease,
phytopathogenic bacteria have gained the ability to deliver effector molecules inside host …