“…S genes have been classified into those that play a role in host recognition, suppression of host defenses, or in pathogen sustenance and they encode diverse proteins including transporters, protein kinases, membrane-associated proteins (e.g., Mlo), and enzymes (e.g., Dmr6) (Santillan Martinez et al, 2020;Thomazella et al, 2021;van Schie and Takken, 2014;Zheng et al, 2013). Of particular relevance here, several S genes encode transcription factors in the bHLH, bZIP, ERF, and WRKY families (Fan et al, 2014;Fang et al, 2021;Jin et al, 2011;Lu et al, 2020;Prior et al, 2021;Schwartz et al, 2017;Wang et al, 2015a). Similar to Nrd1, a few bHLH transcription factors have been found previously to act as negative regulators of disease resistance in plants.…”