Plant disease resistance can be seen as a process of a dual nature: both qualitative and
quantitative. The nature of non-self molecules perceived by plants has led to the depiction of …

The failure of gene-for-gene resistance traits to provide durable and broad-spectrum
resistance in an agricultural context has led to the search for genes underlying quantitative …

Rapid phenotypic evolution of quantitative traits can occur within years, but its underlying
genetic architecture remains uncharacterized. Here we test the theoretical prediction that …

The plant immune system has been explored essentially through the study of qualitative
resistance, a simple form of immunity, and from a reductionist point of view. The recent …

A current challenge in microbial pathogenesis is to identify biological control agents that
may prevent and/or limit host invasion by microbial pathogens. In natura, hosts are often …

Infectious diseases are often affected by specific pairings of hosts and pathogens and
therefore by both of their genomes. The integration of a pair of genomes into genome-wide …

Although quantitative disease resistance ( QDR ) is a durable and broad‐spectrum form of
resistance in plants, the identification of the genes underlying QDR is still in its infancy. RKS 1 …

Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) represents the predominant form of resistance in
natural populations and crops. Surprisingly, very limited information exists on the biomolecular …

Several regulators of programmed cell death (PCD) have been identified in plants which
encode proteins with putative lipid-binding domains. Among them, VAD1 (Vascular Associated …

Phytopathogens are a threat for global food production and security. Emergence or re‐emergence
of plant pathogens is highly dependent on the environmental conditions affecting …