A Natural Allele of a Transcription Factor in Rice Confers Broad-Spectrum Blast Resistance

• Published in: Cell Vol. 170; no. 1; pp. 114 - 126.e15
• Main Authors: Li, Weitao, Zhu, Ziwei, Chern, Mawsheng, Yin, Junjie, Yang, Chao, Ran, Li, Cheng, Mengping, He, Min, Wang, Kang, Wang, Jing, Zhou, Xiaogang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Chen, Zhixiong, Wang, Jichun, Zhao, Wen, Ma, Bingtian, Qin, Peng, Chen, Weilan, Wang, Yuping, Liu, Jiali, Wang, Wenming, Wu, Xianjun, Li, Ping, Wang, Jirui, Zhu, Lihuang, Li, Shigui, Chen, Xuewei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 29.06.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: alleles; Base Sequence; blast disease; Breeding; broad-spectrum; C2H2; crop losses; Disease Resistance; durability; Gene Knockout Techniques; Genome, Plant; Genome-Wide Association Study; H2O2; hydrogen peroxide; MYB; Oryza - genetics; Plant Diseases; Plant Proteins - genetics; Promoter Regions, Genetic; reactive oxygen species; resistance; rice; transcription (genetics); transcription factor; transcription factors; Transcription Factors - genetics; transcription factor; blast disease; C2H2; broad-spectrum; genome-wide association study; reactive oxygen species; MYB; H2O2; rice; resistance; CH; HO

Rice feeds half the world’s population, and rice blast is often a destructive disease that results in significant crop loss. Non-race-specific resistance has been more effective in controlling crop diseases than race-specific resistance because of its broad spectrum and durability. Through a genome-...