2024 article

The ZmWAKL-ZmWIK-ZmBLK1-ZmRBOH4 module provides quantitative resistance to gray leaf spot in maize

Zhong, T., Zhu, M., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Deng, S., Guo, C., … Xu, M. (2024, January 18). NATURE GENETICS, Vol. 1.

By: T. Zhong *, M. Zhu *, Q. Zhang *, Y. Zhang *, S. Deng *, C. Guo *, L. Xu*, T. Liu * ...

TL;DR: The role of the maize ZmWAKL–ZmWIK–ZmBLK1–ZmRBOH4 receptor/signaling/executor module in perceiving the pathogen invasion, transducing immune signals, activating defense responses and conferring increased resistance to GLS is uncovered. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Gray leaf spot (GLS), caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and Cercospora zeina, is a major foliar disease of maize worldwide (Zea mays L.). Here we demonstrate that ZmWAKL encoding cell-wall-associated receptor kinase-like protein is the causative gene at the major quantitative disease resistance locus against GLS. The ZmWAKL