DeepView
DeepView holistically examines research advancements in plant pathology, focussing on plant-microbe interactions and breakthrough discoveries in rice
Background matters: Why identical introgressions yield unidentical traits
Genes introgressed from wild relatives often confer superior disease resistance compared with those in modern cultivars. Although domesticated crops share a wild ancestry, selective breeding and shifting pathogen pressures have eroded their natural defence repertoire.
Understanding how some disease resistance genes function and their impact on crop improvement
The functional genomics of host-pathogen interactions has become a core aspect of plant pathology, essential for managing devastating diseases and supporting sustainable crop production. It is a significant endeavour, as accurate genomic validations of target
A ray of green signal for sustainable agriculture
Greenness stands out. Its variations mirror the environment and ecological characteristics, so much so that AI models can depict landscapes. Greenness is often associated with richness. The loss of greenness in plants is a natural
Nailing down the culprit gene for beating diabetes—a case of duelling effect on rice grain protein
Despite diabetes being an age-old disease of humanity, it still leans in healthcare management, relying on evidence-based interventions termed the lean management system rather than cure. Obesity is the risk factor for the progression of
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