The genetic improvement of durum wheat and enhancement of plant performance often
depend on the identification of stable quantitative trait loci (QTL) and closely linked …

Introduction As key-players of plant immunity, the proteins encoded by resistance genes (R-
genes) recognize pathogens and initiate pathogen-specific defense responses. The …

Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) are major pests worldwide that affect potato production. The
molecular changes happening in the roots upon PCN infection are still unknown …

Plasmodiophora brassicae is a protozoan pathogen that causes clubroot disease in
cruciferous plants, particularly Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa). A previous study identified …

Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) pose a great challenge for potato cultivation throughout the
world. Being a rather difficult parasite due to a number of its physiological features …

As the largest family among the plant resistance (R) proteins, the nucleotide-binding site-
leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) proteins play significant roles in the defense of pathogens …

Abstract Background The Mi-1 gene was the first identified and cloned gene that provides
resistance to root-knot nematodes (RKNs) in cultivated tomato. However, owing to its …

Methods for prioritizing or ranking candidate genes according to their importance based on
specif ic criteria via the analysis of gene networks are widely used in biomedicine to search …

Background Globodera rostochiensis belongs to major potato pathogens with a
sophisticated mechanism of interaction with roots of the host plants. Resistance of …

The long history of potato breeding includes the numerous introgressions of resistance
genes from many wild species of South and Central America as well as from cultivated …