Ping Lu, Li Guo, Zhenzhong Wang, Beibei Li, Jing Li, Yahui Li, Dan Qiu, Wenqi Shi, Lijun Yang, Ning Wang, Guanghao Guo, Jingzhong Xie, Qiuhong Wu, Yongxing Chen, Miaomiao Li, Huaizhi Zhang, Lingli Dong, Panpan Zhang, Keyu Zhu, Dazhao Yu, Yan Zhang, Karin R Deal, Naxin Huo, Cuimin Liu, Ming-Cheng Luo, Jan Dvorak, Yong Qiang Gu, Hongjie Li, Zhiyong Liu
Powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), is one of the most destructive diseases that pose a great threat to wheat production. Wheat landraces represent a rich source of powdery mildew resistance. Here, we report the map-based cloning of powdery mildew resistance gene Pm24 from Chinese wheat landrace Hulutou. It encodes a tandem kinase protein (TKP) with putative kinase-pseudokinase domains, designated WHEAT TANDEM KINASE 3 (WTK3). The resistance function of Pm24 was validated by transgenic assay, independent mutants, and allelic association analyses...
February 3, 2020: Nature Communications