Jae-Han Choi, Eun Cho, Ji-Woo Kim, Soo Min Lee, Gyung Ja Choi, Su Ryan Choi, Man Sung Yang, Yong Pyo Lim, Man-Ho Oh
BACKGROUND: Interactions of plants with biotic stress factors including bacteria, fungi, and viruses have been extensively investigated to date. Plasmodiophora brassicae, a protist pathogen, causes clubroot disease in Cruciferae plants. Infection of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) plants with P. brassica results in the formation of root galls, which inhibits the roots from absorbing soil nutrients and water. Sugar, the major source of carbon for all living organisms including pathogens and host plants, plays an important role in plant growth and development...
January 18, 2024: Genes & Genomics