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Genes Involved in Pathogenesis and Defense Responses

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Book cover The Lotus japonicus Genome

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes ((CPG))

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The legume family includes important grain, forage, and agroforestry species. One of the major constraints for cultivation of these legumes is obviously production loss by disease (Graham and Vance in Plant Physiol 131(3):872–877, 2003). Thus, Lotus japonicus is utilized not only as a symbiotic model but also as a research platform for studying serious diseases in legumes. However, most of our knowledge about the defense mechanism in L. japonicus comes from the study of legume–rhizobia symbiosis. In this section, we mainly focus on the regulation of defense responses in host symbiotic process, the pathogenic aspect of symbiotic microbial partners, and then illustrate the Lotus pathogens.

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  1. Department of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashi-Mita, Tama-Ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 214-8571, Japan

    Tomomi Nakagawa, Shin Okazaki & Naoto Shibuya

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Nakagawa, T., Okazaki, S., Shibuya, N. (2014). Genes Involved in Pathogenesis and Defense Responses. In: Tabata, S., Stougaard, J. (eds) The Lotus japonicus Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44270-8_15

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