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Three types of defense-responsive genes are involved in resistance to bacterial blight and fungal blast diseases in rice

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Bacterial blight and fungal blast diseases of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and Pyricularia grisea Sacc., respectively, are two of the most devastating diseases in rice worldwide. To study the defense responses to infection with each of these pathogens, expression profiling of 12 defense-responsive genes was performed using near-isogenic rice lines that are resistant or susceptible to bacterial blight and fungal blast, respectively, and rice cultivars that are resistant or susceptible to both pathogens. All 12 genes showed constitutive expression, but expression levels increased in response to infection. Based on their expression patterns in 12 host-pathogen combinations, these genes could be classified into three types, pathogen non-specific (6), pathogen specific but race non-specific (4) and race specific (2). Most of the 12 genes were only responsive during incompatible interactions. These results suggest that bacterial blight and fungal blast resistances share common pathway(s), but are also regulated by different defense pathways in rice. Activation of the corresponding R gene is the key step that initiates the action of these genes in defense responses. The chromosomal locations and pathogen specificities of seven of the 12 genes were consistent with those of previously identified quantitative trait loci for rice disease resistance, which indicates that some of the 12 genes studied may have a phenotypic impact on disease resistance in rice.

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We sincerely thank the International Rice Research Institute for providing the disease-resistant near-isogenic lines, and the Philippine strains and isolates of Xoo and P. grisea,respectively. This research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (39970450) and the National Key Program on Basic Research and Development of China (G2000016200)

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Wen, N., Chu, Z. & Wang, S. Three types of defense-responsive genes are involved in resistance to bacterial blight and fungal blast diseases in rice. Mol Gen Genomics 269, 331–339 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-003-0839-x

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