Replication Data for: Targeted knockout of a host peroxisomal peptidase confers field resistance to maize lethal necrosis

Maize lethal necrosis (MLN) is a disease caused by two viruses that has threatened food security for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Strong resistance to MLN was conferred by a recessive QTL on chromosome 6. This QTL was identified in the KS23 germplasm from Thailand. The genotypic data provided in this study were used to elucidate the enzyme potentially underlying the MLN resistance. The identification of the gene and the impact of knocking it out are described in the accompanying publication.