Host-induced gene silencing of fungal-specific genes of Ustilaginoidea virens confers effective resistance to rice false smut

Plant Biotechnol J. 2022 Feb;20(2):253-255. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13756. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

Authors

Xiaoyang Chen¹, Zhangxin Pei¹, Hao Liu¹, Junbin Huang¹, Xiaolin Chen¹, Chaoxi Luo¹, Tom Hsiang², Lu Zheng¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology/Hubei Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
² School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ustilaginoidea virens; host-induced gene silencing; rice false smut; siRNA; virulence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gene Silencing
Hypocreales* / genetics
Oryza* / genetics
Plant Diseases / genetics

Supplementary concepts

Ustilaginoidea virens