Due to the extreme climatic events and inappropriate cropping patterns, numerous crop diseases are becoming more and more serious in recent years, which causes yield losses and affects food security worldwide.
Fusarium head blight, powdery mildew, and rusts are the most serious diseases of wheat. Stalk rot, head smut, southern corn rust, and ear rot are among the most serious diseases that can substantially reduce maize yield and impact global markets. New types or variants of phytopathogens overcome past sources of resistance with the ever-shrinking genetic diversity of crop varieties. With the rapidly advancing of genomics tools, a suite of genetic and (epi)genomic resources are now being the key approach for basic research and breeding for the crop disease resistance community. Hence, new genes and their well-documented mechanisms of disease resistance in wheat and maize are urgent with aid of genome sequencing technologies.
The goal of this Research Topic is to create an opportunity for researchers studying disease resistance genes to present their most recent findings with a focus on mechanisms and novel germplasm of crop resistance against various pathogens. Such new knowledge should help improve our understanding of crop-phytopathogens interaction and contribute to sustainable agriculture.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published ranging from original research, methodology development to reviews by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the resistance genes in wheat and maize, also interested in some works related the functional genomics data using genomics tools, and usage of these resource in agriculture especially those that focus on:
• Identification of novel resistance genes in wheat and maize
• Molecular mechanisms of wheat and maize resistance genes
• New germplasm for wheat and maize resistance genes
• Novel breeding strategies for improving disease resistance in wheat and maize
• Novel genomic tools for wheat and maize resistance
Due to the extreme climatic events and inappropriate cropping patterns, numerous crop diseases are becoming more and more serious in recent years, which causes yield losses and affects food security worldwide.
Fusarium head blight, powdery mildew, and rusts are the most serious diseases of wheat. Stalk rot, head smut, southern corn rust, and ear rot are among the most serious diseases that can substantially reduce maize yield and impact global markets. New types or variants of phytopathogens overcome past sources of resistance with the ever-shrinking genetic diversity of crop varieties. With the rapidly advancing of genomics tools, a suite of genetic and (epi)genomic resources are now being the key approach for basic research and breeding for the crop disease resistance community. Hence, new genes and their well-documented mechanisms of disease resistance in wheat and maize are urgent with aid of genome sequencing technologies.
The goal of this Research Topic is to create an opportunity for researchers studying disease resistance genes to present their most recent findings with a focus on mechanisms and novel germplasm of crop resistance against various pathogens. Such new knowledge should help improve our understanding of crop-phytopathogens interaction and contribute to sustainable agriculture.
In this Research Topic, we welcome all article types published ranging from original research, methodology development to reviews by Frontiers in Plant Science that dissect the resistance genes in wheat and maize, also interested in some works related the functional genomics data using genomics tools, and usage of these resource in agriculture especially those that focus on:
• Identification of novel resistance genes in wheat and maize
• Molecular mechanisms of wheat and maize resistance genes
• New germplasm for wheat and maize resistance genes
• Novel breeding strategies for improving disease resistance in wheat and maize
• Novel genomic tools for wheat and maize resistance
