Ertao Wang

TL;DR: The isolation and functional analysis of the rice GIF1 (GRAIN INCOMPLETE Filling 1) gene that encodes a cell-wall invertase required for carbon partitioning during early grain-filling suggest that GIF1 is a potential domestication gene and that such a domestication-selected gene can be used for further crop improvement.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the mutualistic mycorrhizal and pathogenic fungi similarly recruit the fatty acid biosynthesis program to facilitate host invasion and is shown that plant fatty acids can be transferred to the pathogenic fungus Golovinomyces cichoracerum and are required for colonization by pathogens.

TL;DR: It is reported that the rice Pigm locus contains a cluster of genes encoding nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptors that confer durable resistance to the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae without yield penalty.

TL;DR: Cutin monomers act as plant signals that promote colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and this signaling function has been recruited by pathogenic oomycetes to facilitate their own invasion.

TL;DR: The transporter-mediated transfer of carbon, nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and sulfate is discussed, and hypotheses pertaining to the potential regulatory mechanisms of nutrient exchange in AM symbiosis are presented.