Jane Dever

Jan 13, 2025 | nature.com | Taran Bauer |Rachel Rivero |Catherine Clément |Kevin Cox |Jane Dever |Ping He | +1 more

AbstractBacterial transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) promote pathogenicity by activating host susceptibility (S) genes. To understand the pathogenicity and host adaptation of Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum (Xcm), we assemble the genome and the TALE repertoire of three recent Xcm Texas isolates. A newly evolved TALE, Tal7b, activates GhSWEET14a and GhSWEET14b, different from GhSWEET10 targeted by a TALE in an early Xcm isolate.

May 30, 2024 | nature.com | Avinash Sreedasyam |John Lovell |Sujan Mamidi |Jerry Jenkins |Christopher Plott |Shengqiang Shu | +16 more

AbstractCotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is the key renewable fibre crop worldwide, yet its yield and fibre quality show high variability due to genotype-specific traits and complex interactions among cultivars, management practices and environmental factors. Modern breeding practices may limit future yield gains due to a narrow founding gene pool. Precision breeding and biotechnological approaches offer potential solutions, contingent on accurate cultivar-specific data.