Crop breeding for resistance to pathogens largely relies on genes encoding receptors that
confer race-specific immunity. Here, we report the identification of the wheat Pm4 race-…

Wheat powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), is a destructive
disease of wheat throughout the world. One of the most important environmental-friendly and …

The introgression of chromosome segments from wild relatives is an established strategy to
enrich crop germplasm with disease-resistance genes 1 . Here we use mutagenesis and …

The wild relatives and progenitors of wheat have been widely used as sources of disease
resistance (R) genes. Molecular identification and characterization of these R genes facilitates …

Non-random gene organization in eukaryotes plays a significant role in genome evolution.
Here, we investigate the origin of a biosynthetic gene cluster for production of defence …

Plasma membrane-associated and intracellular proteins and protein complexes play a pivotal
role in pathogen recognition and disease resistance signaling in plants and animals. The …

10.7554/eLife.36426.001 The columbine genus Aquilegia is a classic example of an adaptive
radiation, involving a wide variety of pollinators and habitats. Here we present the genome …

… Eight seeds per M 2 family were phenotyped with the Pgt isolate, race TPMKC. The M 3
seeds derived from susceptible M 2 plants were also tested to confirm that the M 2 susceptible …

B chromosomes are enigmatic elements in thousands of plant and animal genomes that
persist in populations despite being nonessential. They circumvent the laws of Mendelian …

Key message Fluorescence in situ hybridization with probes for 45 cDNAs and five tandem
repeats revealed homoeologous relationships of Agropyron cristatum with wheat. The results …