Concurrent Session: Crop resistance genetics and genomics

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

15:15 - 16:45

Location: Room M+N

Co-Chair(s)

PD

Peter Dodds, PhD

CSIRO Agriculture and Food
Canberra, ACT, AUSTRALIA
BW

Brande Wulff

Prof. Dr.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Presentations:

15:15 - 15:35

An Avr gene atlas for wheat stem rust to support resistance gene deployment
Presenting Author: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
15:35 - 15:55

A Wheat Tandem Kinase Activates an NLR to Trigger Immunity
Presenting Author: Oliver Powell – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Author: Renjie Chen – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Author: Jian Chen – CSIRO
Author: Megan Outram – CSIRO
Author: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
Author: Brande Wulff – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
15:55 - 16:15

Potato NLRome Empowers Discovery of Late Blight Disease Resistance Genes
Author: Luyao Wang – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Author: Hongbo Li – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Author: Yuhang Ke – Nanjing Agricultural University
Author: Ping Zhu – Nanjing Agricultural University
Author: Yuying Li – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Author: Haohao Liu – Nanjing Agricultural University
Author: Yajie Li – Nanjing Agricultural University
Author: Shaoqun Zhou – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Author: Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar – College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
Presenting Author: Suomeng Dong – Nanjing Agricultural University
Author: Sanwen Huang – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
16:15 - 16:25

A canonical protein complex controls immune homeostasis and multipathogen resistance in rice
Author: Yue Wu – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
Author: Weiying Xu – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
Author: Yiwen Deng – College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University
Author: Mingjun Gao – School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Author: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Author: Yu Zhang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
Presenting Author: Zuhua He – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS
16:25 - 16:35

Investigating the mechanism of a wheat CNL/MLKL pair that provides resistance to blast disease
Presenting Author: Josh William Bennett – John Innes Centre
Author: John F. Haidoulis – John Innes Centre
Author: Yu Sugihara – The Sainsbury Laboratory
Author: Rafal Zdrzalek – John Innes Centre
Author: Indira Saado – John Innes Centre
Author: Enzo Zanchet – John Innes Centre
Author: Pirita Paajanen – John Innes Centre
Author: Paul Nicholson – John Innes Centre
Author: Soichiro Asuke – Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
Author: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
16:35 - 16:45

Effectoromics screening identifies non-canonical TN genes in pepper contributing to Phytophthora capsici resistance
Presenting Author: Xin Yan (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University
Author: Qing Liu – Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Author: Junhyeong Kong – Seoul National University
Author: Doil Choi – Seoul National University
Author: Xiao Lin – Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences