Publications by authors named "Marcia K Kuwahara"
Article Synopsis
- Asian soybean rust (ASR), caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, has potential crop losses over 80% and currently lacks durable resistance in soybean cultivars.
- The study utilized laser capture microdissection, RNA sequencing, and bioinformatics to identify thousands of expressed contigs and a secretome of 851 proteins, revealing potential effector candidates.
- Some of these effector candidates were found to suppress plant immunity during early infection stages, supporting their role in facilitating ASR infection in soybeans.
Genomic and transcriptomic characterization of the transcription factor family R2R3-MYB in soybean and its involvement in the resistance responses to Phakopsora pachyrhizi.
Plant Sci
December 2014
Myb genes constitute one of the largest transcription factor families in the plant kingdom. Soybean MYB transcription factors have been related to the plant response to biotic stresses. Their involvement in response to Phakopsora pachyrhizi infection has been reported by several transcriptional studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Hsp20 genes are associated with stress caused by HS and other abiotic factors, but have recently been found to be associated with the response to biotic stresses. These genes represent the most abundant class among the HSPs in plants, but little is known about this gene family in soybean. Because of their apparent multifunctionality, these proteins are promising targets for developing crop varieties that are better adapted to biotic and abiotic stresses.
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