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The Consortium

Image showing P. infestans expressing tdTomato on N. benthamiana
The consortium is composed of groups studying the roles and recognition of effectors in a wide range of pathosystems.

The consortium is composed of groups studying the roles and recognition of effectors in the following pathosystems:

 

  • Phytophthora infestans interactions with potato, tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana [1]
  • Phytophthora capsici interactions with tomato, pepper and Nicotiana benthamiana [2]
  • Pectobacterium and Dickeya bacterial species interactions with potato [3]
  • Bacterial pathogens of humans and their associations with plants [4]
  • Potato cyst nematode interactions with potato and tomato [5]
  • Aphid-plant interactions [6]
  • Virus-plant interactions 
  • Fungal pathogens of barley

Photograph showing P. infestans infection on leaves

The consortium creates critical mass, through comparative studies, shared platforms, resources, approaches, and ideas, to address key fundamental questions in plant pathology.


Key Questions

  • What are the principal targets of pathogen effectors that suppress innate immunity?
  • What are the roles of effector targets in activating or regulating innate immunity?
  • How do distantly-related plant pathogens establish biotrophic interactions with their hosts?
  • What are the molecular bases of host-range and host-specificity?
  • Can we find or synthesise resistance genes that provide durable disease resistance?
     
Related Content

Related content 

Platforms, resources and approaches [7]
Potato Cyst Nematodes [8]

1. External link title 

Edgar Huitema P. capcsici lab page

1. External link 

http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/groups/edgar_huitema/

Source URL (retrieved on 2022-06-25 18:00): https://www.hutton.ac.uk/node/7415

Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/../phytophthora-infestans-research
[2] http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/groups/edgar_huitema/
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/../bacterial-plant-pathogens
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/consortium/effectors-human-pathogenic-bacteria
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/../potato-cyst-nematodes
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/../aphid-plant-interactions
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/cell-and-molecular-sciences/dundee-effector-consortium/platforms
[8] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/cell-and-molecular-sciences/potato-cyst-nematodes