title: Effector Mimics and Integrated Decoys, the Never-Ending Arms Race between Rice andXanthomonas oryzae.
abstract: Plants are constantly challenged by a wide range of pathogens and have therefore evolved an array of mechanisms to defend against them. In response to these defense systems, pathogens have evolved strategies to avoid recognition and suppress plant defenses (Brown and Tellier, 2011). Three recent reports dealing with the resistance of rice toXanthomonas oryzaehave added a new twist to our understanding of this fascinating co-evolutionary arms race (Ji et al., 2016; Read et al., 2016; Triplett et al., 2016). They show that pathogens also develop sophisticated effector mimics to trick recognition.
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR BGPI INRA/CIRAD/SupAgro, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zuluaga
authors.affiliation: UMR - Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes-Environnement, IRD-Cirad-Université Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szurek
authors.affiliation: UMR - Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes-Environnement, IRD-Cirad-Université Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koebnik
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR BGPI INRA/CIRAD/SupAgro, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kroj
authors.affiliation: INRA, UMR BGPI INRA/CIRAD/SupAgro, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Benoit
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Morel
keywords: BED domain; MIMICS; Xa1; Xanthomonas; Xo1; decoys; effector; rice