The Role of Plant Immune Responses in Leaf Microbiome Assembly

Dr. Martin is a Research Faculty in the Department of Agricultural Biology at Colorado State University investigating rice quantitative responses against plant diseases and high temperatures. His presentation entails how defense response (DR) genes that are relevant in quantitative, rather than qualitative, responses affect this interaction. Our approach entails the modification of promoter areas containing either effector binding elements (EBEs) recognized by pathogen effectors in the case of OsSWEET genes, or cis-regulatory elements (CREs) that modulate DR gene activity using genome editing strategies.