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Microbiome-mediated immunity

Disease resistance through M genes

Nature Plants volume 10, pages 352–353 (2024)Cite this article

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Plants regulate their microbiota to cope with diverse stresses. A recent study shows that rice maintains homeostasis of its phyllosphere microbiome through a secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene, which offers potential for harnessing microbiome-shaping genes in disease-resistance breeding.

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Fig. 1: The pipeline for harnessing M genes as a breeding target.

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  1. Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Chengfang Zhan & Mengcen Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Chengfang Zhan & Mengcen Wang

  3. Global Education Program for AgriScience Frontiers, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Mengcen Wang

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Zhan, C., Wang, M. Disease resistance through M genes. Nat. Plants 10, 352–353 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01644-9

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