DeepView
DeepView looks at research advancements in plant pathology with a bias on plant-microbe relationships
First CRISPR’d rice with multi-pathogen resistance
Lesion mimic mutants (LMMs) constitutively and spontaneously display genetic lesions (necrotic spots of dead cells) in the absence of pathogenic infection, identical to disease-caused lesions due to likeness between the non-pathogenic and pathogenic syndromes associated
Catalase genes as a handle for manipulating rice blast resistance
Effectors, predominantly of proteinaceous in nature are secretions by pathogenic bacteria and, filamentous oomycete and fungi intended to neutralise the first layer of defense termed pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) also termed as basal immunity in the
Queen Elizabeth II and biotechnology
Watson and Crick’s model of the double helix structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) came into existence in 1953, and in the same year Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne of the United Kingdom…
Multi-pathogen resistance gets anchored
A mechanistic understanding of the genetic basis of plant defense against pathogens is critically important for manipulating resistance to our advantage. In contrast to qualitative…
Balancing trade-off between disease resistance and plant growth
With the availability of genome-editing technologies and genomic resources (plant and pathogen genome sequences), possibilities of breeding next-generation crops with durable resistance to diseases is…