Enhanced Nicotiana benthamiana immune responses caused by heterologous plant genes from Pinellia ternata.
Hafiz Muhammad Khalid AbbasJingshu XiangZahoor AhmadLilin WangWubei DongPublished in: BMC plant biology (2018)
Heterologous plant genes can activate disease resistance in another plant species and furthermore, by generating F1 hybrids, fresh pathogen independent plant immunity can be obtained. It is also concluded that ptHR375 and ptHR941 play their role in SA and JA/ET defense pathways to activate the resistance against invading pathogens.