Molecular Interactions between barley and its pathogens (Rhynchosporium secalis and Blumeria graminis)

We investigate the nature of host molecular mechanisms underlying resistance and disease development by integrating global gene expression analysis data with high-throughput functional validation of host genes using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). We aim at identifying host regulatory pathways functionally important to resistance and susceptibility in barley infected by Rhynchosporium secalis and Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei.