Outline

Crops suffer devastating damage due to plant diseases.

Therefore, breeding disease-resistant crops is critical for global food production. In the field of plant pathology, I am particularly interested in plant immunity research. While severe plant diseases are reported in agricultural fields, plants often grow healthily in natural environments. This suggests that plants possess effective immune systems against pathogenic microorganisms, allowing them to protect themselves from diseases.

From the perspective of “coevolution in plant-microbe interactions,”I aim to gain a fundamental understanding of the plant immune system.