Nature Communications (May 2019)

The AvrPm3-Pm3 effector-NLR interactions control both race-specific resistance and host-specificity of cereal mildews on wheat

  • Salim Bourras,
  • Lukas Kunz,
  • Minfeng Xue,
  • Coraline Rosalie Praz,
  • Marion Claudia Müller,
  • Carol Kälin,
  • Michael Schläfli,
  • Patrick Ackermann,
  • Simon Flückiger,
  • Francis Parlange,
  • Fabrizio Menardo,
  • Luisa Katharina Schaefer,
  • Roi Ben-David,
  • Stefan Roffler,
  • Simone Oberhaensli,
  • Victoria Widrig,
  • Stefan Lindner,
  • Jonatan Isaksson,
  • Thomas Wicker,
  • Dazhao Yu,
  • Beat Keller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10274-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The wheat Pm3 immune receptors confer resistance against powdery mildew by recognizing isolate-specific avirulence (AVR) effectors of the pathogen. Here, the authors identify and characterize two new AVR genes and demonstrate that Pm3 receptors are determinants of host-specificity for grass mildews.