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Interspecies gene transfer provides soybean resistance to a fungal pathogen.


ABSTRACT: Fungal pathogens pose a major challenge to global crop production. Crop varieties that resist disease present the best defence and offer an alternative to chemical fungicides. Exploiting durable nonhost resistance (NHR) for crop protection often requires identification and transfer of NHR-linked genes to the target crop. Here, we identify genes associated with NHR of Arabidopsis thaliana to Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causative agent of the devastating fungal disease called Asian soybean rust. We transfer selected Arabidopsis NHR-linked genes to the soybean host and discover enhanced resistance to rust disease in some transgenic soybean lines in the greenhouse. Interspecies NHR gene transfer thus presents a promising strategy for genetically engineered control of crop diseases.

SUBMITTER: Langenbach C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4745023 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interspecies gene transfer provides soybean resistance to a fungal pathogen.

Langenbach Caspar C   Schultheiss Holger H   Rosendahl Martin M   Tresch Nadine N   Conrath Uwe U   Goellner Katharina K  

Plant biotechnology journal 20150610 2


Fungal pathogens pose a major challenge to global crop production. Crop varieties that resist disease present the best defence and offer an alternative to chemical fungicides. Exploiting durable nonhost resistance (NHR) for crop protection often requires identification and transfer of NHR-linked genes to the target crop. Here, we identify genes associated with NHR of Arabidopsis thaliana to Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causative agent of the devastating fungal disease called Asian soybean rust. We  ...[more]

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