Soybean transcription factor GmNF-YB20 confers resistance to stripe rust in transgenic wheat by regulating nonspecific lipid transfer protein genes.

Worldwide food security is severely threatened by the devastating wheat stripe rust disease. The utilization of resistant wheat cultivars represents the most cost-effective and efficient strategy for combating this disease. However, the lack of resistant resources has been a major bottleneck in breeding for wheat disease resistance.

The Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase TaCDPK7 Positively Regulates Wheat Resistance to f. sp. .

Ca plays a crucial role as a secondary messenger in plant development and response to abiotic/biotic stressors. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs/CPKs) are essential Ca sensors that can convert Ca signals into downstream phosphorylation signals. However, there is limited research on the function of CDPKs in the context of wheat- f.

Genome-Wide Identification, Phylogeny and Expression Analysis of Subtilisin (SBT) Gene Family under Wheat Biotic and Abiotic Stress.

The subtilisin-like protease (SBT) family is widely known for its role in stress resistance to a number of stressors in different plant species, but is rarely studied in wheat. Subtilisin-like serine proteases (SBTs) are serine proteolytic enzymes that hydrolyze proteins into small peptides, which bind to receptors as signal molecules or ligands and participate in signal transduction. In this study, we identified 255 putative SBT genes from the wheat reference genome and then divided these into seven clades.

Is CRISPR/Cas9 a way forward to fast-track genetic improvement in commercial palms? Prospects and limits.

Commercially important palms (oil palm, coconut, and date palm) are widely grown perennial trees with tremendous commercial significance due to food, edible oil, and industrial applications. The mounting pressure on the human population further reinforces palms' importance, as they are essential crops to meet vegetable oil needs around the globe. Various conventional breeding methods are used for the genetic improvement of palms.

Source Identification and Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Crown Rot Resistance in Wheat.

Crown rot (CR) is a soil-borne disease of wheat in arid and semiarid areas of the world. The incidence rate and severity of CR are increasing with each passing year, which seriously threatens the safety of world wheat production. Here, 522 wheat varieties/lines representing genetic diversity were used to identify and evaluate the resistance source to CR disease.

A candidate effector protein PstCFEM1 contributes to virulence of stripe rust fungus and impairs wheat immunity.

Common in Fungal Extracellular Membrane (CFEM) domain proteins are considered to be unique to fungi and closely related to pathogenicity. However, the Puccinia striiformis f. sp.

Transcription factor BZR2 activates chitinase Cht20.2 transcription to confer resistance to wheat stripe rust.

The brassinosteroid pathway promotes a variety of physiological processes in plants and the brassinosteroid insensitive1-ethylmethane sulfonate suppressor (BES)/brassinazole-resistant (BZR) functions as one of its key regulators. We previously showed that the BES/BZR-type transcription factor TaBZR2 mediates the drought stress response in wheat (Triticum aestivum) by directly upregulating the transcriptional activity of glutathione S-transferase 1. However, the function of TaBZR2 in plants under biotic stresses is unknown.

, An AP2/ERF Transcription Factor, Is Positively Involved in Wheat Resistance to f. sp. .

AP2 transcription factors play a crucial role in plant development and reproductive growth, as well as response to biotic and abiotic stress. However, the role of , in the interaction between wheat and the stripe fungus, f. sp.

RNAi-mediated stable silencing of TaCSN5 confers broad-spectrum resistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici.

The constitutive photomorphogenesis 9 (COP9) signalosome (CSN) is a versatile regulator of plant growth, development, and response to diverse pathogens. However, little research has been done to understand the function of those CSN genes in broad-spectrum resistance to pathogens. In this study, we found that the transcript levels of wheat TaCSN5 were induced in response to inoculation with Puccinia striiformis f.