The paper of "Genome Editing of RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 902 Confers Resistance to Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens in Brassica Napus without Growth Penalties" has been published on Plant Biotechnology Journal. Congratulations!

This study identified a natural variation of RLK902 conferring resistance to SRD and GMD in a natural population of B. napus. Importantly, knocking out RLK902 by genome editing displayed a higher level of disease resistance in B. napus. We also elucidated that JA-mediated immunity underlay this resistance of rlk902 mutant. Therefore, this study provides a valuable gene and materials for genetic improvement of SRD and GMD resistance in B. napus and new insights into understanding the mechanisms of the plant resistance against necrotrophic pathogens.

Chuanji Zhao, Yi Zhang, Lixia Gao, Meili Xie, Xiong Zhang, Lingyi Zeng, Jie Liu, Yueying Liu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chaobo Tong, Qiong Hu, Xiaohui Cheng, Lijiang Liu, and Shengyi Liu. 2023. Genome Editing of RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 902 Confers Resistance to Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens in Brassica Napus without Growth Penalties. Plant Biotechnology Journal. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14253.