Van Schepler‐Luu

This study traces the evolutionary history and dispersal of the rice bacterial blight pathogen Xoo, linking its emergence to rice domestication and trade routes.

This study identifies Pita2a as a major gene conferring broad-spectrum neck blast resistance in rice using GWAS and functional validation.

This study investigates Xoo morphology changes during in vitro growth and rice leaf infection, finding filamentous forms aid in tissue invasion while rod-shaped cells facilitate vascular movement.

The paper evaluates genome-edited rice lines resistant to bacterial blight, showing no performance defects and absence of foreign DNA in offspring.

The paper demonstrates that loss-of-function mutations in OsLAT5 confer resistance to methylviologen, providing a selectable marker for genome editing in rice.