Journal article
A maize resistance gene functions against bacterial streak disease in rice
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, Vol.102(43), pp.15383-15388
10/25/2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107591
PMCID: PMC1266081
PMID: 16230639
Abstract
Although cereal crops all belong to the grass family (Poacea), most of their diseases are specific to a particular species. Thus, a given cereal species is typically resistant to diseases of other grasses, and this nonhost resistance is generally stable. To determine the feasibility of transferring nonhost resistance genes (R genes) between distantly related grasses to control specific diseases, we identified a maize R gene that recognizes a rice pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, which causes bacterial streak disease. Bacterial streak is an important disease of rice in Asia, and no simply inherited sources of resistance have been identified in rice. Although X. o. pv. oryzicola does not cause disease on maize, we identified a maize gene, Rxo1, that conditions a resistance reaction to a diverse collection of pathogen strains. Surprisingly, Rxo1 also controls resistance to the unrelated pathogen Burkholderia andropogonis, which causes bacterial stripe of sorghum and maize. The same gene thus controls resistance reactions to both pathogens and nonpathogens of maize. Rxo1 has a nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat structure, similar to many previously identified R genes. Most importantly, Rxo1 functions after transfer as a transgene to rice, demonstrating the feasibility of nonhost R gene transfer between cereals and providing a valuable tool for controlling bacterial streak disease.
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- Title
- A maize resistance gene functions against bacterial streak disease in rice
- Creators
- Bingyu Zhao - Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USAXinghua LinJesse PolandHarold TrickJan LeachScot Hulbert
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, Vol.102(43), pp.15383-15388
- Academic Unit
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547356801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article