The reference to our article www.plantcell.org/content/32/6/1820 reads:
L’expression des gènes conservés module la gamme des (pourritures) blanches When a parasite gains the ability to infect new hosts, terrible epidemics can occur, as in the case of COVID-19. The fungus responsible for white rot is naturally capable of infecting hundreds of plant species belonging to very diverse botanical families. A team from INRAE in Toulouse wanted to know how plants as different as beets and beans react to the attack of this fungus at the molecular level. This study revealed the diversity of mechanisms available to plants to slow the progression of the infection. However, a majority of the genes involved are conserved in the different botanical families, but they are not always activated with the same intensity. This discovery allows us to better understand how the evolution of plants has shaped their response to pests and invites us to use gene expression to identify disease resistance mechanisms operating in many plant species. |