Cladosporium fulvum Effectors : Weapons in the Arms Race with Tomato
In this review, I recount my personal history. My drive to study host-pathogen interactions was to find alternatives for agrochemicals, which was triggered after reading the book "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson. I reflect on my research at the Laboratory of Phytopathology at Wageningen University, where I have worked for my entire career on the interaction between Cladosporium fulvum and tomato, and related gene-for-gene pathosystems. I describe different methods used to identify and sequence avirulence (Avr) genes from the pathogen and resistance (R) genes from the host. The major genes involved in classical gene-for-gene interactions have now been identified, and breeders can produce plants with multiple R genes providing durable and environmentally safe protection against pathogens. In some cases, this might require the use of genetically modified plants when R genes cannot be introduced by classical breeding.
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| Format: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | (hemi)biotroph, Cf resistance genes, Cladosporium fulvum, Dothideomycetes, Solanum lycopersicum, arms race, avirulence genes, effector genes, extracellular pathogens, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/cladosporium-fulvum-effectors-weapons-in-the-arms-race-with-tomat |
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