Xuewei Chen

TL;DR: The identification of a natural allele of a C2H2-type transcription factor in rice that confers non-race-specific resistance to blast is reported, highlighting this novel allele as a strategy for breeding durable resistance in rice.

TL;DR: It is reported that higher IPA1 levels enhance immunity, and the transcription factor Ideal Plant Architecture 1 reduces unproductive tillers and increases grains per panicle, which results in improved rice yield.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pan-genome-scale genomic resources including a graph-based genome, providing access to rice genomic variations, were developed to facilitate rice breeding as well as plant functional genomics and evolutionary biology research.

TL;DR: The identification and characterization of the rice bsr-k1 (broad-spectrum resistance Kitaake-1) mutant, which confers broad-spectrums resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae and Xanthomonas oryzai pv oryzAE with no major penalty on key agronomic traits is reported.

TL;DR: It was found that infection with Magnaporthe oryzae activated ethylene biosynthesis in rice and that elevated ethylene levels enhanced disease resistance by facilitating ROS and phytoalexin production in rice.