Role of Two Metacaspases in Development and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Jessie Fernandez, Víctor López, Lisa N. Kinch, Mariel A. Pfeifer, Hillery F. Gray, Nalleli Garcia, Nick V. Grishin, Chang Hyun Khang, Kim Orth
Abstract
Magnaporthe oryzae causes rice blast disease that threatens global food security by resulting in the severe loss of rice production every year. A tightly regulated life cycle allows M. oryzae to disarm the host plant immune system during its biotrophic stage before triggering plant cell death in its necrotrophic stage.
Topics & Concepts
FungusMagnaporthePathogenicityBiologyPlant ImmunityPathogenBlast diseaseMicrobiologyMagnaporthe griseaBotanyGeneticsGeneOryza sativaArabidopsisMutantPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityFungal and yeast genetics researchPlant tissue culture and regeneration