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DISEASE RESISTANCE

A new player in race-specific resistance

Nature Plants volume 4, pages 197–198 (2018)Cite this article

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Race-specific resistance genes represent essential genetic sources in crop breeding. Map-based cloning of the wheat Stb6 gene against Zymoseptoria tritici identified a wall-associated receptor kinase-like protein as a novel player in race-specific disease resistance.

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Fig. 1: Disease symptoms of STB caused by the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici.

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  1. Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Beat Keller

  2. Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Simon G. Krattinger

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Keller, B., Krattinger, S.G. A new player in race-specific resistance. Nature Plants 4, 197–198 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0126-9

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