Xunli Lu

TL;DR: A group of papers analyzes pathogen genomes to find the roots of virulence, opportunism, and life-style determinants in plant pathogens, suggesting that most effectors represent species-specific adaptations.

TL;DR: A critical and selective function of N‐glycosylation for different layers of plant immunity is suggested, likely through quality control of membrane‐localized regulators.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the associated genes originated from an ancestral gene, encoding a secreted ribonuclease, duplicated successively by repetitive DNA-driven processes and diversified during the evolution of the grass and cereal powdery mildew lineage.

TL;DR: The discovery of Arabidopsis priority in sweet life4 and psl5 mutants that are insensitive to the bacterial elongation factor (EF)-Tu epitope elf18 but responsive to flagellin epitope flg22 is revealed, suggesting the importance of sustained MAMP receptor signaling as a key step in the establishment of robust immunity.

TL;DR: This study reveals that the expression of a fungal avirulence effector alone is necessary and sufficient for allele-specific mildew resistance locus A receptor activation in planta, and identifies effector genes of a pathogenic powdery mildew fungus that are recognized by allelic variants of barley intracellular nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat protein-type receptors.