Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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Research Abstract |
We have successfully identified three avirulence effectors AVR-Pia, AVR-Pii, AVR-Pik and a pathogenicity protein MC69 from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. In addition, a rice blast resistance (R) gene Pia has been isolated. We have then found out that MC69 is a secreted protein and required for infection by monocot and dicot fungal pathogens, M. oryzae and cucumber anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum orbiculare, respectively. We also revealed that an R protein Pik1 recognizes AVR-Pik through direct protein-protein interaction. Furthermore, another R gene Pii has been successfully isolated.
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