Publications by authors named "Zoe Bernasconi"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores the potential of rare genetic introgressions in wheat, particularly highlighting a significant QTL for powdery mildew resistance on chromosome 7D.
- It uses high-quality genomic data to identify nearly 25,000 introgression segments across various wheat accessions, emphasizing the importance of studying large populations to capture genetic diversity.
- The findings reveal a previously unknown level of inter-homoeologue recombination, providing valuable resources for future wheat breeding focused on enhancing disease resistance and genetic variability.
Successful host colonization by plant pathogens requires the circumvention of host defense responses, frequently through sequence modifications in secreted pathogen proteins known as avirulence factors (Avrs). Although Avr sequences are often polymorphic, the contribution of these polymorphisms to virulence diversity in natural pathogen populations remains largely unexplored. We used molecular genetic tools to determine how natural sequence polymorphisms of the avirulence factor Avr3D1 in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici contributed to adaptive changes in virulence.
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