Conserved defense responses between maize and sorghum to Exserohilum turcicum

Abstract Background Exserohilum turcicum is an important pathogen of both sorghum and maize, causing sorghum leaf blight and northern corn leaf blight. Because the same pathogen can infect and cause major losses for two of the most important grain crops, it is an ideal pathosystem to study plant-pat...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyue Zhang, Samuel B. Fernandes, Christopher Kaiser, Pragya Adhikari, Patrick J. Brown, Santiago X. Mideros, Tiffany M. Jamann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-2275-z