How to convert host plants into nonhosts

Recent research demonstrates that undermining interactions between pathogen effectors and their host target proteins can reduce infec-tion. As more effector-target pairs are identified, their structures and interaction surfaces exposed, and there is the possibility of making multiple edits to diverse plant ge-nomes, the desire to convert crops to nonhosts could become reality.

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Recent research has shown that disrupting the interaction between pathogen effectors and their host target proteins can decrease infection. With the identification of more effector-target pairs and the exposure of their structures and interaction surfaces, it may soon be possible to genetically modify plants to become nonhosts.