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A battle in rice flowers

Li et al. investigate the mechanisms of defense and counter-defense in a floral pathosystem. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae027 By Guo-Bang Li, Wen-Ming Wang, and Jing Fan Background: Rice false smut is an emerging fungal disease threatening rice production worldwide. This disease not only…

The effector SCRE6 in U. virens functions as a MAP kinase phosphatase to suppress rice immunity

Zheng et al. reveal a novel fungal infection strategy. Xinhang Zheng (China Agricultural University), Fu Huang (Sichuan Agricultural University), and Wenxian Sun (China Agricultural University) Background: Rice commercial production is severely threatened by several important diseases including…