A Putative ABC Transporter Confers Durable Resistance to Multiple Fungal Pathogens in Wheat
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · University of Zurich · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Agricultural crops benefit from resistance to pathogens that endures over years and generations of both pest and crop. Durable disease resistance, which may be partial or complete, can be controlled by several genes. Some of the most devastating fungal pathogens in wheat are leaf rust, stripe rust, and powdery mildew. The wheat gene Lr34 has supported resistance to these pathogens for more than 50 years. Lr34 is now shared by wheat cultivars around the world. Here, we show that the LR34 protein resembles adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporters of the pleiotropic drug resistance subfamily. Alleles of Lr34 conferring resistance or susceptibility differ by three genetic polymorphisms. The Lr34 gene,…
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Authors
9- SGSimon G. KrattingerCorresponding
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Zurich, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Plant Industry
- ELEvans Lagudah
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Zurich, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Plant Industry
- WSWolfgang Spielmeyer
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Zurich, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Plant Industry
- RPRavi P. Singh
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Zurich, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Plant Industry
- JHJulio Huerta‐Espino
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, University of Zurich, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Plant Industry
Topics & keywords
- Powdery mildew
- Biology
- Gene
- Rust (programming language)
- ATP-binding cassette transporter
- Resistance (ecology)
- Plant disease resistance
- Genetics
- Zero hunger