본 연구는 알츠하이머(Alzheimer’s disease: AD) 형질전환 생쥐를 대상으로 저항성 운동 (resistance exercise: RE)이 해마의 베타 아밀로이드(β-amyloid: Aβ) 단백질 대사, 신경세포사멸 및 인지기능에 미치는 영향을 확인하는데 목적이 있다. AD 비 형질전환 생쥐(non-transgenic: non-tg, n=14) 와 형질전환 생쥐(transgenic: Tg, n=14)를 무선 배정하여 비 형질전환 생쥐 대조군 (non-tg-control: NTC, n=7), 비 형질전환 생쥐 저항성 운동군(non-tg-RE: NTRE, n=7), 형질전환 대조군(tg-control: TC, n=7) 및 형질전환 저항성 운동군(tg-RE: TRE, n=7)으로 구분하였다. RE는 특수 제작한 사다리 저항성 운동 기구를 사용하여 점진적으로 set 수를 증가시켜 총 8주간 실시하였다. 운동 후 인지기능 능력을 평 가하기 위한 수중미로검사와 Aβ 단백질 대사, 신경세포사멸 지표 및 SIRT1/PGC-1α 단백질 발현 수준 을 확인하였다. 수중미로검사 결과 거리와 시간 모두 TC 집단에서 유의하게 증가 되었지만 RE를 실시한 TRE 집단에서 거리와 시간이 감소 되어 인지능력이 개선된 것으로 확인되었다. 또한, TC 집단에서 증가 된 Aβ 단백질 발현은 RE를 통해 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 신경세포사멸 관련 단백질인 Bcl-2/Bax ratio는 TC 집단에서 유의하게 감소되어 신경세포사멸이 증가 된 것으로 나타났지만 RE는 Bcl-2/Bax ratio을 증가시켜 신경세포사멸을 감소시킨 것으로 확인되었다. TC 집단에서 증가된 BACE1 및 ROCK1 과 감소된 ADAM10과 RARβ 단백질 발현은 RE를 통해 감소되거나 증가 된 것으로 나타났고, SIRT1/ PGC-1α 단백질 발현은 TC 집단에서 감소 되었지만 RE를 통해 증가 된 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 8주간 의 RE는 AD의 병리학적 특징인 Aβ 단백질 발현을 감소시키고 관련 생성 기전들을 조절하여 (SIRT1/PGC-1α 기전 활성, 아밀로이드 생성기전 억제, 비-아밀로이드 생성기전 활성) 신경세포사멸 억제시키고 결과적으로 인지기능을 개선 시킬 수 있는 효과적인 운동 방법이라고 생각된다.

청보리 신품종 ‘녹양’은 총체생산성이 높고 생육후기 녹체성이 우수하며, 도복에 강하고 보리호위축병에 저항성 인 품종이다. 이 품종은 2001년 ‘낙영’을 모본, 육성계통인 ‘SB77368-B-145’를 부본으로 교배하여 선발된 ‘SB01T2017- B-B-1-2’ 계통을 2007년～2012년까지 관찰시험, 생산력검정 시험과 지역적응시험을 거쳐 2012년에 육성되었다. ‘녹양’ 은 반포복 초형으로 파성이 Ⅲ 정도이며, 잎은 담녹색이면 서 넓고, 줄기 굵기는 중간 정도이며, 이삭은 길고 까락은 일반망이다. ‘녹양’은 잎과 줄기의 후기녹체성이 ‘영양’에 비해 오래 지속되었다. ‘녹양’의 초장은 104 cm로 대비품종 인 ‘영양’에 비해 장간형이고, 평균 출수기와 성숙기는 각 각 5월 6일과 6월 4일로 ‘영양’보다 늦었다. ‘녹양’은 ‘영 양’보다 추위와 도복에 강하였고, 보리호위축병에 대하여 익산(Ⅲ형), 나주(Ⅰ형), 진주(Ⅳ) 등 모든 지역에서 저항성 을 보였다. ‘녹양’의 평균 건물수량은 전작에서 12.8톤/ha, 답리작에서 11.5톤/ha으로 영양’에 비하여 각각 7%, 2% 증수하였다. ‘녹양’과 ‘영양’ 모두 황숙기에 곡실의 탈립 정 도가 매우 낮았고, 조사료 품질은 조단백질 함량 7.2%, ADF 25.9%, TDN 68.5%로 ‘영양’과 대등하였고, 젖산함량 도 3.36%로 3.04%인 ‘영양’과 비슷하였으며, 사일리지 등 급은 2등급으로 양호하였다.

청보리 신품종 '녹양'은 총체생산성이 높고 생육후기 녹체성이 우수하며, 도복에 강하고 보리호위축병에 저항성인 품종이다. 이 품종은 2001년 '낙영'을 모본, 육성계통인 'SB77368-B-145'를 부본으로 교배하여 선발된 'SB01T2017-B-B-1-2' 계통을 2007년~2012년까지 관찰시험, 생산력검정시험과 지역적응시험을 거쳐 2012년에 육성되었다. '녹양'은 반포복 초형으로 파성이 III 정도이며, 잎은 담녹색이면서 넓고, 줄기 굵기는 중간 정도이며, 이삭은 길고 까락은 일반망이다. '녹양'은 잎과 줄기의 후기녹체성이 '영양'에 비해 오래 지속되었다. '녹양'의 초장은 104 cm로 대비품종인 '영양'에 비해 장간형이고, 평균 출수기와 성숙기는 각각 5월 6일과 6월 4일로 '영양'보다 늦었다. '녹양'은 '영양'보다 추위와 도복에 강하였고, 보리호위축병에 대하여 익산(III형), 나주(I형), 진주(IV) 등 모든 지역에서 저항성을 보였다. '녹양'의 평균 건물수량은 전작에서 12.8톤/ha, 답리작에서 11.5톤/ha으로 영양'에 비하여 각각 7%, 2% 증수하였다. '녹양'과 '영양' 모두 황숙기에 곡실의 탈립 정도가 매우 낮았고, 조사료 품질은 조단백질 함량 7.2%, ADF 25.9%, TDN 68.5%로 '영양'과 대등하였고, 젖산함량도 3.36%로 3.04%인 '영양'과 비슷하였으며, 사일리지 등급은 2등급으로 양호하였다.

대두(大豆) 갈색무늬병에 대한 저항성(抵抗性)의 포장검정(圃場檢定)에 적합한 생육시기(生育時期)를 결정하고 수집재래종(蒐集在來種)으로부터 저항성인자원(抵抗性因子源)을 찾기 위 하여 본실험(本實驗)을 수행하였던 바, 1. 갈색무늬병에 대한 저항성(抵抗性) 품종간(品種間)에 차이(差異)가 현저하였으며 수직감염율(垂直感染率)과 병반면적율간(病斑面積率間)에는 상관(相關)이 있었다. 2. 병반면적율(病斑面積率)과 병진전곡선면적(病進展曲線面積)과의 상관도(相關度)는 대두(大豆) 생육기중(生育期中) 개화기(開花期)에서 가장 높아 포장에서의 저항성 검정시기는 개화기(開花期)가 적당한 것으로 보였다. 3. 수집재래종(蒐集在來種) 1,428계통의 저항성(抵抗性) 검정결과(檢定結果) 고도저항성(高度抵抗性) 계통(系統)은 발견할 수 없었고 중도저항성(中度抵抗性)인 4 계통(系統)을 선발할 수 있었다.

Yield losses due to diseases and insect pests were mentioned and emphasized the efficiency of resistant cultivars in curving the yield losses and increasing chemical efficiency. Present status of resistance breeding for blast, bacterial leaf blight viruses, brown planthopper and white backed planthopper were introduced and the resistance sources for those are discussed. Breeding strategies for above items were presented. Specially for the blast resistance, discussions were made in some detail. With brief future prospects of resistance breeding in Korea, a suggestion was made for pathologists to make clear about whether the blast spores will be brought from mainland China as we see with Bph and Wbph or not.

초 록 수도 흰빛마름병 이병엽과 Kresek 발병주로부터 분리한 I균군(각5균주), II균군(각4균주)의 18균주를 "밀양23호"및 "유신" 품종 5엽기의 전개엽에 침접종한후 수도체내에서의 균증식과 병반장율 및 Kresek 발병율을 비교조사하여 균주간차이를 비교하였고, 밀양23호외28품종에 대해 II, IV균군을 사용하여 침접종및 근단접종법으로 품종간 저항성을 조사한 결과 1. 각균주간 수도체내에서의 증식은 큰 차이를 볼수 없었으나 "Kresek"발병주로부터 분리된 균주가 병반장률이 약간 높은 경향을 나타내었다. 2. Kresek 발병은 흰빛잎마름병 이병주에서 분리한 균주와 "Kresek"발병주로부터 분리한 균주간에는 아무런차이를 인정할수 없었고, 모두 발병을 볼수있었다. 3. Kresek에 대한 품종저항성에서는 흰빛잎마름병의 저항성반응과 비슷한경향을 나타내고 있으나 Wase Aikoku 품종군에서도 발병을 볼수있었다. 4. 황옥품종군인 "IR20"은 Kresek에라해 고도의 저항성반응을 나타내었다. 5. 접종반응으로는 근단접종법에서 침접종법에 비해 더욱 많은 발병율을 볼수있었다.

통일품종의 도열병저항성 유전자구성과 저항성의 유전에 관련하는 이들 유전자의 상호관계를 구명하기 위하여 통일품종과 5개의 이병성 재래품종, 밀성, 팔굉, 신 2호, 중국 4.호 및 관동 89호 등을 교잡하여 얻어진 및 집단에 도열병균주 E-7과 100-14를 각각 주사 접종하여 그들의 분리비를 Chi-square test하였다. 1. 유전자분석에 사용된 도열병균주 E-7, T-1 및 100-14sms 일본판별품종에 의하여 각각 C-3, T-1 및 C-5로 동정되었다. 2. 식물체는 접종균주에 대하여 저항성 모품종과 동일한 수준의 저항성을 나타냈으며 이것은 도열병 저항성이 이병성에 대하여 완전우성임을 시사한 것으로 보였다. 3. 집단에서는 접종균주 E-7과 100-14에 대하여 저항성과 이병성의 분리비가 각각 3:1로 나타나 이들 균주에 대한 토일의 저항성은 단성유전을 하는 것으로 보였다. 4. 접종균주 E-7에 대하여 저항성인 집단에 100-14 균주를 2차로 접종한 저항성과 이병성이 3:1로 분리되어 이 두 균주에 대한 통일의 저항성은 서로다른 별개의 유전자에 의하여 발견되는 것으로 보였다. 5. 본 실험의 결과를 종합하면 접종균주 T-1, E-7 및 100-14에 대한 저항성은 서로 다른 유전자에 의하여 지배되므로 통일품종은 적어도 3개 이상의 도열병 저항성 유전자를 갖는 것으로 추정되었다.

통일품종이 가지는 도열병 저항성의 요인을 구명하기 위하여 수도체내에 함유하는 질소, 규산 및 Flavonoid함량을 분석하고 시비수준을 달리하여 재배한 풍광에서 이들 성분함량이 도열병 발병율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 1. 수도체내 규산과 Flavonoid 함량은 질소 시비량과 반비례하고 규산 시비량과는 정비례하여 증가하였다. 2. 도열병 상습답에서의 도열병 발병율은 체내 질소함량에 정비례하고 규산함량에 반비례하였다. 3. 도열병에 대하여 저항성인 통일에서는 저항성의 요인이 되는 규산 및 Flavonoid의 체내함량이 이병성인 풍광에 비하여 현저히 높았다. 4. 규화세포의 수는 고엽일수록 많고 생육의 진전에 따라 증가하였으며 풍광에서 보다는 통일에서 현저히 높았다. 5. 이들 체내 성분의 함량은 통일이 갖는 도열병 저항성의 한 요인인 것으로 보였다.

벼의 줄무늬잎마름병 방제에 보다 능률적이고 완전한 실효를 얻기 위해 우선 본병에 대한 저항성 검정방법을비교검토하고 장려 품종 중에서 저항성품종을 선발하여 장래 저항성품종 육성의 모체를 제공할 목적으로 410품종에 대하여 저항성검정을 실시하였다. (1) 집단접종과 개체접종법을 비교 검토한 결과 발병률은 집단접종법이 다소 높은 경향이 있어 차이가 있음을 알 수 있다. (2) 발병지수에서 Lacrose는 두 방법이 모두 S였고 ZenithSt. No.1St. No. 2는 R, 나머지는 M로 나타나 같은 경향을 보여 주었다. (3) 병징형은 이병성품종에서는 모두 감수성형인 A형이 많고 저항성품종에서는 반대로 저항성병징형인 C형이 많아 두 방법이 같은 경향을 보여 주였다. (4) 410품종의 저항성검정에서 저항성이(12품종) St. No.1St. No. 2 신 2호GulfrosebonnetArkroeSunbonnetZenith이천칠일찰농림 24호오백조계양주밭찰농림나 1호 등이고 남선97호, 이황 , 간척 호 수원 77호농림 22호적나 등은 이병성이며, 중간성이 377품종이었다. (5) 숙기별로 볼 때 큰 차이는 없으나, 만생조생중생종의 순으로 저항성이 컸다. (6) 장려품 중에서는 신 2호 외는 거의 중간성이었다.

Background : In the process of developing new disease-resistant cultivar of Rehmannia glutinosa, it is essential to screen plants based on resistance to their disease. But until now, we have relied on visual inspection for selection of disease-resistant cultivar. Therefore, this experiment was carried out to establish an efficient and reliable screening system and test the resistance to leaf spot disease in R. glutinosa cultivars developed until now. Methods and Results : We have tested 11 R. glutinosa cultivars developed so far. Rootstock of R. glutinosa were sown in 20 × 20 ㎝ plastic square port and grown in green house at 25 ± 5℃ for four months and then cutting leaves were inoculated with Phoma sp. HCRD 17103 by spraying spore suspention of fungus at concentration of 1 × 107 spore/㎖. The inoculated leaves were incubated in a dew chamber at 25℃ for 48h and then transferred to glass house (25 ± 5℃, RH 80% ≥ ). After 3 - 5 days when the most susceptible cultivar had lesion area over 40%, disease severity of the cultivars was investigated on a scale of 0 - 9 (0 = healthy, 1 = 0 - 1%, 3 = 1.1 - 10%, 5 = 10.1 - 20%, 7 = 20.1 - 40%, 9 = 40.1% over). The degree of resistance was determined according to the disease index (0 and 1 = resistant, 3 = moderately resistant, 5, 7 and 9 = susceptible). As a result of experiments according to the above criteria, the disease index of cultivar Gogang, Dagang, Segang, Yeongang, Wongang, and Dahwang was 1, cultivar Togang, Daegyung, Jiwhang 1 and Goryeo was 3, cultivar Hwanggang was 9, respectively. Conclusion : From the above results, six cultivars such as Gogang, Dagang, Segang, Yeongang, Wongang, and Dahwang were resistant, four cultivar such as Togang, Daegyung, Jiwhang 1 and Goryeo were moderately resistant, and only one cultivar Hwanggang was susceptible to the leaf spot disease by Phoma sp. This experiment used only leaves and we plan to use whole plants in the future to see more accurate resistance response.

Background : This study was conducted to investigate the resistance of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides to 9 fungicides. Methods and Results : With 3 isolates of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides obtained from diseased leaf of ginseng, it was conducted to detect the fungicide resistance of C. gloeosporioides against 9 chemicals through an agar dilution method. PDA medium was used for monitoring the resistance. Among the chemicals, fenhexamid・prochloraz manganese complex, fluazinam and metconazole exhibited high antifungal activity to the ginseng anthracnose fungus. When measuring the effectiveness for the prevention of anthracnose, 3 fungicides at 10 ㎍/㎖ showed 88.1 - 94.7% of preventive effect against C. gloeosporioides. But, the isolates resist to dimethomorph・dithianon, iminoctadine tris (albesilate), kasugamyci n・thiophanate-methyl, dimethomorph・pyraclostrobin, azoxystrobin. Conclusion : In summary, to develop the control system with fungicides, 3 fungicides (fenhexamid・prochloraz manganese complex, fluazinam and metconazole) were applied on ginseng at the indicated time. A reduced spray program based on efficacious fungicides will be useful for ginseng growers and provide more options for controlling anthracnose in Korea.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs approximately 21-nt in length which play important roles in regulating gene expression in plants. Although many miRNA studies have focused on a few model plants, miRNAs and their target genes remain largely unknown in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum), one of the most important crops cultivated worldwide. We here employed high-throughput small-RNA and degradome sequencing to comprehensively identify small-RNAs and their targets in pepper. From these, we identified several novel targets of miRNAs, including the major de novo methylation enzyme involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation in plants. Furthermore, we identified several highly abundant 22-nt miRNA families that target conserved domains in NB-LRRs and trigger the production of phased secondary siRNAs. We showed that transient co-expression of can-miR482 with Rpi-blb1, one of the potato NB-LRRs, resulted in the attenuation of the hypersenstive responses in Nicotiana benthamiana, suggesting that interaction between miR-482 family and disease resistance proteins is likely to serve as a conserved trigger for defense mechanism in Solanaceae. This work provides the first reliable draft of the pepper small RNA transcriptome that offers an expanded picture of miRNAs in relation to NB-LRR regulation, providing a basis for understanding the functional roles of miRNAs in disease resistance pepper.

A pepper bZIP transcription factor gene, CabZIP2, was isolated from pepper leaves infected with an a virulent strain of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria (Xcv). Transient expression analysis of the CabZIP2-GFP fusion protein in Nicotiana benthamiana revealed that the CabZIP2 protein is localized in the cytoplasm as well as the nucleus. The acidic domain in the N-terminal region of CabZIP2 that is fused to the GAL4 DNA-binding domain is required to activate the transcription of reporter genes in yeast. Transcription of CabZIP2 is induced in pepper plants inoculated with virulent or avirulent strains of Xcv. The CabZIP2 gene is also induced by defense-related hormones such as salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, and ethylene. To elucidate the in vivo function of the CabZIP2 gene in plant defense, virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in pepper and overexpression in Arabidopsis were used. CabZIP2-silenced pepper plants were susceptible to infection by the virulent strain of Xcv, which was accompanied by reduced expression of defense-related genes such as CaBPR1 and CaAMP1. CabZIP2 overexpression (OX) in transgenic Arabidopsis plants conferred enhanced resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Together, these results suggest that CabZIP2 is involved in bacterial disease resistance.

Stomata are natural pores of plants and constitute the entry points for water during transpiration. However, they also facilitate the ingress of potentially harmful bacterial pathogens. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a pivotal role in protecting plants against biotic stress, by regulating stomatal closure. In the present study, we investigated the mechanism whereby ABA influences plant defense responses to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) DC3000, which is a virulent bacterial pathogen of Arabidopsis, at the pre-invasive stage. We found that overexpression of two ABA receptors, namely, RCAR4/PYL10-OX and RCAR5/PYL11-OX (hereafter referred to as RCARs), resulted in ABA-hypersensitive phenotypes being exhibited during the seed germination and seedling growth stages. Sensitivity to ABA enhanced the resistance of RCAR4-OX and RCAR5-OX plants to Pst DC3000, through promoting stomatal closure leading to the development of resistance to this bacterial pathogen. Protein phosphatase HAB1 is an important component that is responsible for ABA signaling and which interacts with ABA receptors. We found that hab1 mutants exhibited enhanced resistance to Pst DC3000; moreover, similar to RCAR4-OX and RCAR5-OX plants, this enhanced resistance was correlated with stomatal closure. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that alteration of RCAR4- or RCAR5-HAB1 mediated ABA signaling influences resistance to bacterial pathogens via stomatal regulation.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs approximately 21-nt in length which play important roles in regulating gene expression in plants. Although many miRNA studies have focused on a few model plants, miRNAs and their target genes remain largely unknown in hot pepper (Capsicum annuum), one of the most important crops cultivated worldwide. We here employed high-throughput sequencing to comprehensively identify small RNAs and their targets in pepper. From these, we identified several novel targets of miRNAs, including the major de novo methylation enzyme involved in RNA-directed DNA methylation in plants. Furthermore, we identified several highly abundant 22-nt miRNA families that target conserved domains in NB-LRRs. We showed that transient co-expression of the miRNA with NB-LRRs, resulted in the attenuation of the hypersenstive responses in Nicotiana benthamiana, suggesting that interaction between miRNA family and disease resistance proteins is likely to serve as a conserved trigger for defense mechanism in Solanaceae. This work provides the first reliable draft of the small RNA transcriptome in pepper that offers an expanded picture of miRNAs in relation to NB-LRR regulation, providing a basis for understanding the functional roles of miRNAs in disease resistance.

Bakanae disease is one of the most serious and oldest problems of rice production, which was first described in 1828 in Japan (Ito and Kimura 1931). This disease may infect rice plants from the pre-emergence stage to the mature stage, with severe infection of rice seeds resulting poor germination or withering (Iqbal et al. 2011). Under favorable environmental conditions, infected plants have the capacity to produce numerous conidia that subsequently infect proximate healthy plants, resulting in major yield loss (Ou 1985). One hundred sixty nine NILs, YR28297 (BC6F4) generated by five backcrosses of Shingwang with the genetic background of susceptible japonica variety, Ilpum were used for QTL analysis. Rice bakanae disease pathogen, CF283, was mainly used in this study and inoculation and evaluation of bakanae disease was performed with the method of the large-scale screening method developed by Kim et al. (2014). A major QTL for resistance against bakanae disease on chromosome 1 was identified using SSR marker, RM9, which explaining 65 % of the total phenotype variation. The major QTL designated as qBK1 and mapped to a 4.4 Mbp region between RM24 (19.30 Mb) and RM11295 (23.72 Mb). The results of this study are expected to provide useful information toward developing resistant rice lines to this detrimental fungal disease.

One of the biotic stresses in rice production is rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, which is one of the most destructive fungal diseases in rice. We outlined an approach towards genome wide association study for the blast disease resistance in rice. In total, 295 rice accessions including 137 Heuristic Set accessions (HS) and 158 Korean Bred varieties (KB) were screened for the rice blast disease resistance. Firstly, Magnaporthe oryzae were inoculated to the rice seedlings of two weeks after germinations. Then, evaluation of the disease symptoms and checking the crossing point (CP) value were conducted one week after inoculation. To quantify the CP value, real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed in combination with the primer pair and Taqman probe specific to Magnaporthe oryzae HYDROPHOBIN class 1 (MHP1) which is an indispensable unigene encoding HYDROPHOBIN for normal virulence expression. Based on these CP values from the PCR reactions containing a series of increasing concentration of cloned amplicon or fungal genomic DNA, correlation among the template’s copy number or its amount and amplification pattern was calculated. Reliability of this equation was further confirmed using the DNA samples from the rice leaves infected with compatible or incompatible strains of M. oryzae. These steps are still being undertaken, and after the complete process of disease resistance phenotyping for the whole population containing 295 accessions, GWAS will be performed to examine the associated genes involving in blast resistance mechanism using the whole genome resequencing data of 295 accessions. This approach would be a useful technique for identifying genetic loci responsible for natural variation in rice blast disease resistance and ultimately, new R genes which can improve the blast resistance in rice.

R genes are a key component of genetic interactions between plants and biotrophic bacteria and are known to regulate resistance against bacterial invasion. The most common R proteins contain a nucleotide-binding site and a leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) domain. Some soybean NBS-LRR genes have also been reported to function in disease resistance. A total of 319 genes were determined to be putative NBS-LRR genes in the soybean genome. The number of NBS-LRR genes on each chromosome was highly correlated with the number of disease resistance QTL in the 2-Mb flanking regions of NBS-LRR genes. In addition, the recently duplicated regions contained duplicated NBS-LRR genes and duplicated disease resistance QTL, and possessed either an uneven or even number of NBS-LRR genes on each side. The significant difference in NBS-LRR gene expression between a resistant near-isogenic line (NIL) and a susceptible NIL after inoculation of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines supports the conjecture that NBS-LRR genes have disease resistance functions in the soybean genome. The number of NBS-LRR genes and disease resistance QTL in the 2-Mb flanking regions of each chromosome was significantly correlated, and several recently duplicated regions that contain NBS-LRR genes harbored disease resistance QTL for both sides. In addition, NBS-LRR gene expression was significantly different between the BLP-resistant NIL and the BLP-susceptible NIL in response to bacterial infection. From these observations, NBS-LRR genes are suggested to contribute to disease resistance in soybean. Moreover, we propose models for how NBS-LRR genes were duplicated, and apply Ks values for each NBS-LRR gene cluster.