PI_paperexcel.xlsx

Phytopathogens and insect pests produce plant cell wall degrading proteases to degrade and inhabit the plant tissues. In response, plants produce protease inhibitors (PIs) that bind to and inactivate these proteases, playing a crucial role in disease resistance. The wild plants varieties, which have not been extensively exposed to multitude of phytopathogens, tend to possess more reselient disease resistant PIs. Given the importance of PIs from wild type species, we performed a comprehensive analysis of PIs from three solanaceae crops-potato, tomato and tobacco- across 23 wild and domesticated vatieties, with the objective of identifying potential candidates effective in combating devastating proteases produced by phytopathogens.