Current understanding of atypical resistance against fungal pathogens in wheat

Arunima Sinha; Lovepreet Singh; Nidhi Rawat

doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102247

Current understanding of atypical resistance against fungal pathogens in wheat

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2022 Aug:68:102247. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102247. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Authors

Arunima Sinha¹, Lovepreet Singh¹, Nidhi Rawat²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
² Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA. Electronic address: nidhirwt@umd.edu.

PMID: 35716636
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102247

Abstract

Pathogens and pests are a major challenge to global food security. Around one hundred different pests and pathogens challenge wheat, one of the most important food crops in the world. Traditional worldwide use of a few key resistance genes in wheat cultivars has necessitated a diversification of the toolbox of resistance genes in wheat varieties over the coming decades to meet the global production demands. Recent advances in gene discovery and functional characterization of genetic resistance mechanisms in wheat reveal great diversity in the types and effectiveness of the underlying resistance genes. This article summarizes the recent developments in the discovery of non-traditional "atypical" resistance genes in wheat against diverse fungal pathogens.

Keywords: Atypical resistance; Broad-spectrum resistance (BSR); Fungal pathogens; Wheat.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Crops, Agricultural* / genetics
Disease Resistance / genetics
Plant Diseases / genetics
Plant Diseases / microbiology
Triticum* / genetics