IMPORTANCEControl of plant viral disease has relied on the use of resistant cultivars; however, emerging mutant viruses have broken many types of resistance. Recently, we revealed that Cl-90-1 Br2 breaks the recessive resistance conferred by cyv1, mainly by accumulating a higher level of P3N-PIPO than that of the nonbreaking isolate Cl-No.30. Here we show that a susceptible pea line recognized the increased amount of P3N-PIPO produced by Cl-90-1 Br2 and activated the salicylic acid-mediated defense pathway, inducing lethal systemic cell death. We found a gradation of virulence among ClYVV isolates in a cyv1-carrying pea line and two susceptible pea lines. This study suggests a trade-off between breaking of recessive resistance (cyv1) and host viability; the latter is presumably regulated by the dominant Cyn1 gene, which may impose evolutionary constraints upon P3N-PIPO for overcoming resistance. We propose a working model of the host strategy to sustain the durability of resistance and control fast-evolving viruses.H ost plants protect themselves from virus infection by activating defense systems mediated by immune receptors (e.g., nucleotide-binding-site-leucine-rich-repeat [NB-LRR] proteins) (1). Plants have many NB-LRR immune receptors, each of which recognizes specific viral proteins. The activated immune response is referred to as a hypersensitive response (HR) and is often accompanied by cell death. When an HR is induced, the virus is localized in and around the infection locus. NB-LRR immune receptors are encoded by resistance genes that are genetically dominant.Another important defense against plant virus infection is genetically recessive resistance (2). The viral life cycle totally relies on host cells, and viruses require host factors in order to multiply within cells and move to neighboring cells. Therefore, the lack of a specific host-coopted factor required for the viral life cycle leads to host resistance against the virus, which would be recessively inherited. Many natural recessive resistance genes against viruses have been identified in diverse crops (2). Extensive studies have been carried out on viruses belonging to the Potyvirus genus, the major genus of the Potyviridae family, which is one of the two largest plant virus genera and is found in most climatic regions worldwide (3). These viruses infect a broad range of host plants, including both monocots and dicots. They cause considerable crop damage, resulting in severe economic losses. Most of the recessive