Chapter 6

Pathogen Race-Specific Resistance

Dhia Bouktila and Yosra Habachi


As part of a host-pathogen coevolution, plants have developed very specific resistance proteins (R proteins), which directly or indirectly recognize Avr proteins and thus activate host resistance, or effector-triggered immunity (ETI). ETI can be thought of as an enhanced version of PTI and is often described as leading to localized programmed cell death in infected tissue: the hypersensitive response (HR). This chapter aims to clarify what we know and to identify areas that require further investigation.

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