supported by the State Key Basic Research and Development Project of China (Grant No. 2006CB101902);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30710103902 and 30671354);the Ministry of Agriculture of China (Grant No. NYHYZX07-056)
Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae,the causal agent of bacterial blight in rice,interacts with rice plants in a gene-for-gene manner.The specificity of the interaction is dictated by avirulence(avr) genes in the pathogen an...