Table 1.

Overview of selected plant–microbe pairs extensively studied and represented as most suitable pathosystem.

S. No	Pathogen	Plant	Pathogen type	Reference
1	Pseudomoas syringae pv. Tomato	Arabidopsis thaliana	Bacterium/hemi-biotrophic	De Vos et al., 2005; Glazebrook, 2005
2	Hyaloperonspora parasitica	Arabidopsis thaliana	Oomycetes	Slusarenko and Schlaich, 2003; Rentel et al., 2008
3	Phytophthora infestans	Arabidopsis thaliana	Oomycetes	Huitema et al., 2004
4	Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae	Oryza sativa	Bacterium/biotrophic	Hammond-Kosack and Jones, 1997; Salzberg et al., 2008
5	Ustilago maydis	Zea mays	Fungus/biotrophic	Mueller et al., 2008
6	Melampsora larici-populina	Populus trichocarpa	Fungus/biotrophic	Hacquard et al., 2012
7	Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	Glycine max	Fungus/biotrophic	Malencic et al., 2010; Amselem et al., 2011
8	Magnaporthe oryzae	Orzo sativa	Fungus/biotrophic	Bryan et al., 2000; Orbach et al., 2000; Skamnioti and Gurr, 2009; Yoshida et al., 2009