Fighting the enemy: How rice survives the blast pathogen’s attack

Junjie Yin; Lijuan Zou; Xiaobo Zhu; Yuyan Cao; Min He; Xuewei Chen

Crop Journal (Jun 2021)

Fighting the enemy: How rice survives the blast pathogen’s attack

Junjie Yin,
Lijuan Zou,
Xiaobo Zhu,
Yuyan Cao,
Min He,
Xuewei Chen

Affiliations

Junjie Yin: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China
Lijuan Zou: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China; Ecological Security and Protection Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang 621000, Sichuan, China
Xiaobo Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China
Yuyan Cao: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China
Min He: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China; Corresponding authors.
Xuewei Chen: State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, China; Corresponding authors.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 543 – 552

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Global food security is threatened by rice blast disease caused by the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. An understanding of rice resistance mechanisms is fundamental to developing strategies for disease control. In this review, we summarize recent advances in pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity, effector-triggered immunity, defense regulator-mediated immunity, and effects of nutrient elements on rice blast resistance. We outline strategies used for breeding rice cultivars with improved disease resistance. We also present the major research challenges for rice blast disease resistance and propose approaches for future investigation.

Published in Crop Journal

ISSN: 2095-5421 (Print); 2214-5141 (Online)
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Agriculture (General)
Website: https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/the-crop-journal/

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