Journal
ABIOTECH
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 140-154Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s42994-023-00099-4
Keywords
Rice blast; Effector; Secretion; Computational analysis; Plant immunity; Climate change
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Magnaporthe oryzae is a fungus that causes rice blast disease, which is economically devastating and difficult to control. It can also infect other crops such as wheat and millet. Despite previous findings, the fungus remains a major threat to global food security.
Magnaporthe oryzae is a hemibiotrophic fungus responsible for the economically devastating and recalcitrant rice blast disease. However, the blast fungus is not only restricted to rice plants as it can also infect wheat, millet, and other crops. Despite previous outstanding discoveries aimed to understand and control the disease, the fungus remains one of the most important pathogens that threatens global food security. To cause disease, M. oryzae initiates morphological changes to attach, penetrate, and colonize rice cells, all while suppressing plant immune defenses that would otherwise hinder its proliferation. As such, M. oryzae actively secretes a battery of small proteins called effectors to manipulate host machinery. In this review, we summarize the latest findings in effector identification, expression, regulation, and functionality. We review the most studied effectors and their roles in pathogenesis. Additionally, we discern the current methodologies to structurally catalog effectors, and we highlight the importance of climate change and its impact on the future of rice blast disease.
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