A new roadmap for the breeding of disease-resistant and high-yield crops

Yiming Wang, Suomeng Dong

Stress Biology ›› 2021, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (1) : 21. DOI: 10.1007/s44154-021-00023-0
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A new roadmap for the breeding of disease-resistant and high-yield crops

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Breeding of disease-resistant and high-yield crops is essential to meet the increasing food demand of the global population. However, the breeding of such crops remains a significant challenge for scientists and breeders. Two recent discoveries may help to overcome this challenge: the discovery of a novel molecular framework to fine-tune disease resistance and yields that includes epigenetic regulation of antagonistic immune receptors, and the discovery of a Ca2+ sensor-mediated immune repression network that enables the transfer of subspecies-specific and broad-spectrum disease resistance. These breakthroughs provide a promising roadmap for the future breeding of disease resistant crops.

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Rice / Immunity / Ca2+ signaling / Reactive oxygen species; ROD1; Pigm

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Yiming Wang, Suomeng Dong. A new roadmap for the breeding of disease-resistant and high-yield crops. Stress Biology, 2021, 1(1): 21 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44154-021-00023-0

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Funding
National Natural Science Foundation of China(32172420); Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities of the Central South University(KYXK202009; ZJ21195012); Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31721004)

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