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The arms race between tomato and Fusarium oxysporum.

Molecular plant pathology ·Vol. 11 ·No. 2 ·2010-03-00 ·Pages 309-14

Takken F, Rep M

Abstract

The interaction between tomato and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici has become a model system for the study of the molecular basis of disease resistance and susceptibility. Gene-for-gene interactions in this system have provided the basis for the development of tomato cultivars resistant to Fusarium wilt disease. Over the last 6 years, new insights into the molecular basis of these gene-for-gene interactions have been obtained. Highlights are the identification of three avirulence genes in F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and the development of a molecular switch model for I-2, a nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat-type resistance protein which mediates the recognition of the Avr2 protein. We summarize these findings here and present possible scenarios for the ongoing molecular arms race between tomato and F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in both nature and agriculture.

MeSH Terms
Biological Evolution Fusarium/genetics,pathogenicity,physiology Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics Immunity, Innate/genetics Lycopersicon esculentum/genetics,microbiology Virulence/genetics
Authors & Affiliations
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Takken Frank
Plant Pathology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94215, 1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [email protected]
Rep Martijn
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Article Info
Journal
Molecular plant pathology
Abbr.
Mol Plant Pathol
ISSN
1364-3703
DOI
10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00605.x
Email
[email protected]
Published
2010-03-00
Pages
309-14
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100954969
PMCID
PMC6640361
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00605.x PMC Full Text View journal details
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