Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Cloning southern corn rust resistant gene RppK and its cognate gene AvrRppK from Puccinia polysora

  • Gengshen Chen,
  • Bao Zhang,
  • Junqiang Ding,
  • Hongze Wang,
  • Ce Deng,
  • Jiali Wang,
  • Qianhui Yang,
  • Qianyu Pi,
  • Ruyang Zhang,
  • Haoyu Zhai,
  • Junfei Dong,
  • Junshi Huang,
  • Jiabao Hou,
  • Junhua Wu,
  • Jiamin Que,
  • Fan Zhang,
  • Wenqiang Li,
  • Haoxuan Min,
  • Girma Tabor,
  • Bailin Li,
  • Xiangguo Liu,
  • Jiuran Zhao,
  • Jianbing Yan,
  • Zhibing Lai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32026-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Southern corn rust (SCR) caused by Puccinia polysora is a major maize disease that can result in major yield loss. Here, the authors report the expression of a CC-NB-LRR type of R gene RppK results in SCR resistance in susceptible maize lines and it can recognize the effector AvrRppK produced by P. polysora.