Project: Epigenetic control of rice immunity hub genes

2017-01-01 – 2020-12-31

Abstract

The goal of this project is to identify rice immunity hub genes through epigenomic and transcriptome analyses. This project will evaluate following hypotheses: (1) Successful pathogens modify the epigenome of their host plant; (2) Plants store information from stress encounters in their epigenome and (3) The activity of plant immunity hub genes is controlled by epigenetic modifications.