Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae
Abstract. Plasmodiophora brassicae (Woronin, 1877), a biotrophic, obligate parasite, is the causal agent of clubroot disease in brassicas. The clubroot pat
academic.oup.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
New preprint out! 🌱
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
RenSeq and whole genome sequencing uncover allelic diversity of clubroot resistance genes in commercial breeding canola lines
Clubroot disease, caused by the obligate biotrophic pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a major threat to canola (Brassica napus) production worldwide. Clubroot–resistant (CR) cultivars remain the m...
doi.org
July 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
New preprint out! 🌱
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
Happy to see this in its final format!
Arabidopsis Ecotype Screening Reveals Novel Sources of Clubroot Resistance | Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Arabidopsis Ecotype Screening Reveals Novel Sources of Clubroot Resistance | Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Arabidopsis Ecotype Screening Reveals Novel Sources of Clubroot Resistance | Plant Disease
Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, poses a persistent threat to Brassicaceae crops, particularly in regions where resistant cultivars are under strong selection pressure. To identify new so...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
April 30, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Happy to see this in its final format!
Arabidopsis Ecotype Screening Reveals Novel Sources of Clubroot Resistance | Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Arabidopsis Ecotype Screening Reveals Novel Sources of Clubroot Resistance | Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
🚨Preprint Alert!
Scooped by two other groups due to our lack of infrastructure to grow Arabidopsis, this study started in 2021, is still a great addition to the body of work looking for clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Scooped by two other groups due to our lack of infrastructure to grow Arabidopsis, this study started in 2021, is still a great addition to the body of work looking for clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
April 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨Preprint Alert!
Scooped by two other groups due to our lack of infrastructure to grow Arabidopsis, this study started in 2021, is still a great addition to the body of work looking for clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Scooped by two other groups due to our lack of infrastructure to grow Arabidopsis, this study started in 2021, is still a great addition to the body of work looking for clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 💛
Link: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A Clubroot Pathogen PBS3-Like Effector Manipulates Hormonal Crosstalk to Alter Root Morphology in Arabidopsis and Canola | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
A Clubroot Pathogen PBS3-Like Effector Manipulates Hormonal Crosstalk to Alter Root Morphology in Arabidopsis and Canola | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Plasmodiophora brassicae, the causal agent of clubroot disease, actively manipulates host hormone pathways to promote infection. Previous studies identified PbGH3 as a putative GH3-like effector with ...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
September 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A Clubroot Pathogen PBS3-Like Effector Manipulates Hormonal Crosstalk to Alter Root Morphology in Arabidopsis and Canola | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Glad to see this out! We discussed the confusion around the ever-growing list of clubroot resistance genes and what truly qualifies as the novel ones. The clubroot community needs a consistent nomenclature to keep track of the real progress. @jiaxuwu.bsky.social , @edelplopez.bsky.social
"Déjà Vu in Clubroot Resistance: Same Genes, New Names"
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
August 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Glad to see this out! We discussed the confusion around the ever-growing list of clubroot resistance genes and what truly qualifies as the novel ones. The clubroot community needs a consistent nomenclature to keep track of the real progress. @jiaxuwu.bsky.social , @edelplopez.bsky.social
This work haven't seen bsky yet!
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Our genome is also Plasmodiophora brassicae reference genome in NCBI (@asimjaved.bsky.social and @sohambio.bsky.social): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Our genome is also Plasmodiophora brassicae reference genome in NCBI (@asimjaved.bsky.social and @sohambio.bsky.social): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
Telomere-to-telomere Genome Assembly of the Clubroot Pathogen Plasmodiophora Brassicae
Abstract. Plasmodiophora brassicae (Woronin, 1877), a biotrophic, obligate parasite, is the causal agent of clubroot disease in brassicas. The clubroot pat
academic.oup.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This work haven't seen bsky yet!
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Our genome is also Plasmodiophora brassicae reference genome in NCBI (@asimjaved.bsky.social and @sohambio.bsky.social): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Our genome is also Plasmodiophora brassicae reference genome in NCBI (@asimjaved.bsky.social and @sohambio.bsky.social): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/gen...
Although it went online in 2025, here is our second paper of 2026! 🎉
Bravo to @jiaxuwu.bsky.social for leading this (possibly) controversial, but much-needed, analysis. Enjoy! Now out in the January 2026 issue of Trends in Genetics.
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Bravo to @jiaxuwu.bsky.social for leading this (possibly) controversial, but much-needed, analysis. Enjoy! Now out in the January 2026 issue of Trends in Genetics.
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Déjà vu in clubroot resistance: same genes, new names
Despite decades of clubroot research, only three resistance (R) genes have been validated.
However, many of the ‘new’ R genes are, in fact, identical to or allelic with these
three. In this forum arti...
www.cell.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Although it went online in 2025, here is our second paper of 2026! 🎉
Bravo to @jiaxuwu.bsky.social for leading this (possibly) controversial, but much-needed, analysis. Enjoy! Now out in the January 2026 issue of Trends in Genetics.
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Bravo to @jiaxuwu.bsky.social for leading this (possibly) controversial, but much-needed, analysis. Enjoy! Now out in the January 2026 issue of Trends in Genetics.
🔗 www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Déjà vu in clubroot resistance: same genes, new names: Trends in Genetics www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Déjà vu in clubroot resistance: same genes, new names
Despite decades of clubroot research, only three resistance (R) genes have been validated.
However, many of the ‘new’ R genes are, in fact, identical to or allelic with these
three. In this forum arti...
www.cell.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Déjà vu in clubroot resistance: same genes, new names: Trends in Genetics www.cell.com/trends/genet...
Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Arabidopsis ecotype screening reveals novel sources of clubroot resistance and insights into resistance inheritance
Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, poses a persistent threat to Brassicaceae crops, particularly in regions where resistant cultivars are under strong selection pressure. To identify new so...
www.biorxiv.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Link here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Ok jfc @cawstic.bsky.social's set at Furality on right now is *amazing*. Seriously got that mid-00's Clubroot/Distance/"dubstep but as Mick Harris as Skorn meant it to be" sound.
www.mixcloud.com/live/furality/
www.mixcloud.com/live/furality/
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June 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Ok jfc @cawstic.bsky.social's set at Furality on right now is *amazing*. Seriously got that mid-00's Clubroot/Distance/"dubstep but as Mick Harris as Skorn meant it to be" sound.
www.mixcloud.com/live/furality/
www.mixcloud.com/live/furality/
Happy to see this out! @jiaxuwu.bsky.social, @sohambio.bsky.social & I tackle the growing confusion in clubroot resistance gene naming. We call for a common nomenclature and a shared database to speed up durable resistance 🧬 🥦
Thank you @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social for a great editorial process!
Thank you @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social for a great editorial process!
"Déjà Vu in Clubroot Resistance: Same Genes, New Names"
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
August 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Happy to see this out! @jiaxuwu.bsky.social, @sohambio.bsky.social & I tackle the growing confusion in clubroot resistance gene naming. We call for a common nomenclature and a shared database to speed up durable resistance 🧬 🥦
Thank you @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social for a great editorial process!
Thank you @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social for a great editorial process!
We've secured funding to investigate clubroot disease at the cellular level! In collaboration with Bruno Guillotin from CNRS, we will explore how different hosts respond to Plasmodiophora brassicae. Huge thank you to the canola growers and the Canola Council of Canada for their trust and support! 🙌
February 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We've secured funding to investigate clubroot disease at the cellular level! In collaboration with Bruno Guillotin from CNRS, we will explore how different hosts respond to Plasmodiophora brassicae. Huge thank you to the canola growers and the Canola Council of Canada for their trust and support! 🙌
Great week in Oaxaca, Mexico at the #SMBPlants2023 talking about clubroot effectors 🌿🇲🇽👏🏼
October 19, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Great week in Oaxaca, Mexico at the #SMBPlants2023 talking about clubroot effectors 🌿🇲🇽👏🏼
Another day, another paper calling clubroot a fungal disease—multiple times. Should I contact the editorial board? Every time someone calls Plasmodiophora brassicae a fungus, it feels like we’re being sent back 20 years...
See paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
See paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Biochar suppresses Clubroot disease in Chinese cabbage by improving soil nutrient conditions and recruiting beneficial microorganisms
Clubroot, a fungal disease transmitted through soil, can significantly reduce both the productivity and quality of Chinese cabbage. Biochar is regarde…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Another day, another paper calling clubroot a fungal disease—multiple times. Should I contact the editorial board? Every time someone calls Plasmodiophora brassicae a fungus, it feels like we’re being sent back 20 years...
See paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
See paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Welcome to the world Dr. Melaine González García 🎉
After 5 years, a little human and a lot of clubroot infected Arabidopsis, we did it! 👏
After 5 years, a little human and a lot of clubroot infected Arabidopsis, we did it! 👏
May 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Welcome to the world Dr. Melaine González García 🎉
After 5 years, a little human and a lot of clubroot infected Arabidopsis, we did it! 👏
After 5 years, a little human and a lot of clubroot infected Arabidopsis, we did it! 👏
🥦Clubroot disease is responsible for an estimated 15% annual global Brassica #crop loss.
💡This new #JIPB commentary examines #research by Wu et al. exploring the role of GSL5 as a key #gene for susceptibility to clubroot.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
💡This new #JIPB commentary examines #research by Wu et al. exploring the role of GSL5 as a key #gene for susceptibility to clubroot.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
Gaining extensive resistance against clubroot disease through the disruption of a susceptibility gene
This Commentary examines research by Wu et al. showing that β-1,3-glucan synthase-like 5 (GSL5) functions as a key gene for susceptibility to clubroot in Brassica family members by suppressing immuni...
doi.org
March 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
🥦Clubroot disease is responsible for an estimated 15% annual global Brassica #crop loss.
💡This new #JIPB commentary examines #research by Wu et al. exploring the role of GSL5 as a key #gene for susceptibility to clubroot.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
💡This new #JIPB commentary examines #research by Wu et al. exploring the role of GSL5 as a key #gene for susceptibility to clubroot.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
#PlantSci #OpenAccess
🌱🧬Clubroot pathogen uses an effector protein PbBSMT to methylate SA & N-hydroxy pipecolic acid. The enzyme favors SA and NHP in vitro. But NHP manipulation did not affect disease severity.
NHP may not be a major player in clubroot defense. @jxbotany.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
NHP may not be a major player in clubroot defense. @jxbotany.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
The defense-inducing compound N-hydroxy pipecolic acid is a major substrate for the methyltransferase PbBSMT of Plasmodiophora brassicae
Abstract. The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae has an effector protein that can methylate the plant defense compound salicylic acid (SA), and the
academic.oup.com
June 3, 2026 at 11:51 AM
🌱🧬Clubroot pathogen uses an effector protein PbBSMT to methylate SA & N-hydroxy pipecolic acid. The enzyme favors SA and NHP in vitro. But NHP manipulation did not affect disease severity.
NHP may not be a major player in clubroot defense. @jxbotany.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
NHP may not be a major player in clubroot defense. @jxbotany.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
Our first 2025 conference! 🎉
@asimjaved.bsky.social and I are headed to #PAG32 to dive into genomics and present some exciting clubroot findings. A huge thank you to Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds, Manitoba Canola Growers, WGRF, @genomequebec.bsky.social, and NSERC for their invaluable support. 🙌
@asimjaved.bsky.social and I are headed to #PAG32 to dive into genomics and present some exciting clubroot findings. A huge thank you to Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds, Manitoba Canola Growers, WGRF, @genomequebec.bsky.social, and NSERC for their invaluable support. 🙌
January 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our first 2025 conference! 🎉
@asimjaved.bsky.social and I are headed to #PAG32 to dive into genomics and present some exciting clubroot findings. A huge thank you to Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds, Manitoba Canola Growers, WGRF, @genomequebec.bsky.social, and NSERC for their invaluable support. 🙌
@asimjaved.bsky.social and I are headed to #PAG32 to dive into genomics and present some exciting clubroot findings. A huge thank you to Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds, Manitoba Canola Growers, WGRF, @genomequebec.bsky.social, and NSERC for their invaluable support. 🙌
"Déjà Vu in Clubroot Resistance: Same Genes, New Names"
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
August 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Déjà Vu in Clubroot Resistance: Same Genes, New Names"
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
by Edel Pérez-López (@edelplopez.bsky.social) & colleagues
"If we want meaningful progress...we must critically re-evaluate what qualifies as a truly novel R gene."
FREE access till Oct. 15th here:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lg2acQbJF...
What’s your conference plan for January? If you’re attending PAG 32 in San Diego, don’t miss our Clubroot Workshop! We’ve lined up an exciting program featuring five outstanding speakers, including three early career researchers. From pathogen to host genomics! 1/2
November 30, 2024 at 11:00 PM
What’s your conference plan for January? If you’re attending PAG 32 in San Diego, don’t miss our Clubroot Workshop! We’ve lined up an exciting program featuring five outstanding speakers, including three early career researchers. From pathogen to host genomics! 1/2
What are the odds? 🤯
A second paper out today—this time revealing a new source of clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 🌱🛡️
Congratulations Melaine González García (@melainegg.bsky.social) 🎉!
Check it out here 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
A second paper out today—this time revealing a new source of clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 🌱🛡️
Congratulations Melaine González García (@melainegg.bsky.social) 🎉!
Check it out here 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Arabidopsis ecotype screening reveals novel sources of clubroot resistance | Plant Disease
Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, poses a persistent threat to Brassicaceae crops, particularly in regions where resistant cultivars are under strong selection pressure. To identify new so...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
August 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What are the odds? 🤯
A second paper out today—this time revealing a new source of clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 🌱🛡️
Congratulations Melaine González García (@melainegg.bsky.social) 🎉!
Check it out here 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
A second paper out today—this time revealing a new source of clubroot resistance in Arabidopsis! 🌱🛡️
Congratulations Melaine González García (@melainegg.bsky.social) 🎉!
Check it out here 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Canadian plant science rocks! Are we getting closer to clubroot-resistance breeding? This paper expands our current knowledge on the repertoire of Canola NLR genes to breed clubroot-resistant crops. 👇🌱🦠
New preprint out! 🌱
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
Bravo @jiaxuwu.bsky.social ! 🎉
Here we used RenSeq to characterize the repertoire and allelic diversity of NLRs across five canola lines developed for clubroot-resistance breeding 🧬
Let’s make sense of the complex genetics behind clubroot resistance!
🔗 doi.org/10.64898/202...
RenSeq and whole genome sequencing uncover allelic diversity of clubroot resistance genes in commercial breeding canola lines
Clubroot disease, caused by the obligate biotrophic pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a major threat to canola (Brassica napus) production worldwide. Clubroot–resistant (CR) cultivars remain the m...
doi.org
July 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Canadian plant science rocks! Are we getting closer to clubroot-resistance breeding? This paper expands our current knowledge on the repertoire of Canola NLR genes to breed clubroot-resistant crops. 👇🌱🦠
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
A very true story on clubroot resistance gene names rebranding
A very true story on clubroot resistance gene names rebranding
Déjà vu in clubroot resistance: same genes, new names
Despite decades of clubroot research, only three resistance (R) genes have been validated.
However, many of the ‘new’ R genes are, in fact, identical to or allelic with these
three. In this forum arti...
www.cell.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
www.cell.com/trends/genet...
A very true story on clubroot resistance gene names rebranding
A very true story on clubroot resistance gene names rebranding