Disease Resistance in Maize and the Role of Molecular Breeding in Defending Against Global Threat

作     者：Farhan Ali Jianbing Yan 

作者机构：National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan 430070 China Cereal Crop Research Institute （CCRI） Pirsabak Nowshehra Pakistan 

出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》 (植物学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第54卷第3期

页      面：134-151页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 090403[农学-农药学(可授农学、理学学位）] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 0901[农学-作物学] 0703[理学-化学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31161140347) 

主　　题：Maize concept of pathology R-genes types of resistance genetic diversity genome wide association study. 

摘      要：Diseases are a potential threat to global food security but plants have evolved an extensive array of methodologies to cope with the invading pathogens. Non-host resistance and quantitative re- sistance are broad spectrum forms of resistance, and all kinds of resistances are controlled by extremely diverse genes called ＂R- genes＂. R-genes follow different mechanisms to defend plants and PAMP-induced defenses in susceptible host plants are referred to as basal resistance. Genetic and phenotypic diversity are vital in maize （Zea mays L.）; as such, genome wide association study （GWAS） along with certain other methodologies can explore the maximum means of genetic diversity. Exploring the complete genetic archi- tecture to manipulate maize genetically reduces the losses from hazardous diseases. Genomic studies can reveal the interaction be- tween different genes and their pathways. By confirming the specific role of these genes and protein-protein interaction （proteomics） via advanced molecular and bioinformatics tools, we can shed a light on the most complicated and abstruse phenomena of resistance.