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Sep 2026
A built-in brake for plant immunity: Resistance (R) protein–mediated immunity is fine-tuned by R gene analogs
Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans threatens global food security. Unlike the fact that most race-specific resistance to P. infestans (Rpi) genes is rapidly overcome by evolving pathogen populations, the R8 gene from Solanum demissum has conferred durable, quantitative resistance for nearly a century d...
Jia-Hui Nie, Lang Liu, Ye-Tong Qi et al.
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