A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A single transcription factor promotes both yield and immunity in rice

Published:2018-09-07 Issue:6406 Volume:361 Page:1026-1028
ISSN:0036-8075
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Author:

Wang Jing¹^ORCID,Zhou Lian¹^ORCID,Shi Hui¹,Chern Mawsheng²^ORCID,Yu Hong³^ORCID,Yi Hong¹,He Min¹,Yin Junjie¹,Zhu Xiaobo¹^ORCID,Li Yan¹^ORCID,Li Weitao¹,Liu Jiali¹,Wang Jichun¹,Chen Xiaoqiong¹,Qing Hai¹,Wang Yuping¹^ORCID,Liu Guifu³,Wang Wenming¹^ORCID,Li Ping¹,Wu Xianjun¹,Zhu Lihuang³,Zhou Jian-Min³⁴^ORCID,Ronald Pamela C.²^ORCID,Li Shigui¹^ORCID,Li Jiayang³⁴^ORCID,Chen Xuewei¹

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Key Laboratory of Major Crop Diseases and Collaborative Innovation Center for Hybrid Rice in Yangtze River Basin, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, China.

2. Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

3. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

4. University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.

Abstract

Flexible growth and immune responses in rice Plants that are fighting microbial pathogens often divert resources that could be used for growth into the immune response. For crops, this translates into lower yield when plant immunity is activated. Wang et al. show that, in rice, reversible phosphorylation of a key transcription factor allows the plant to defend against fungal attack when needed but then, within days, reallocate resources back to growth (see the Perspective by Greene and Dong). Thus, both pathogen defense and crop yield can be sustained. Science , this issue p. 1026 ; see also p. 976

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

National Science Foundation of China

National Key Research and Development Program of China

Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University from the Ministry of Education in China

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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