Interaction-specific early wheat responses to Zymoseptoria tritici share enhanced defense-related transcription during incompatibility
Marie Unvericht, Frédéric Choulet, Florence Cambon, Florian Rocher, Thierry Langin, Ludovic Bonhomme, K. Kanyuka, Cyrille Saintenac
The paper compares early transcriptomic responses in wheat cultivars to Zymoseptoria tritici, finding that defense-related genes show higher expression in incompatible interactions.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology