Obligate biotrophic fungal pathogens, such as Blumeria graminis and Puccinia graminis, are amongst the most devastating plant causing dramatic yield losses in many economically important crops worldwide. However, a lack of reliable tools for efficient genetic transformation has hampered studies into molecular basis their virulence or pathogenicity. In this study, we present Ustilago hordei–barl...

Durable disease resistance genes such as the wheat gene Lr34 are valuable sources of for agricultural breeding programs. encodes an ATP-binding cassette transporter protein involved in transport phytohormone abscisic acid. from is functionally transferable to barley, maize, rice and sorghum. A pleiotropic effect induces development a senescence-like phenotype, referred leaf tip necrosis. We use...