The use of protoplasts to study innate immune responses / Ping He, Libo Shan, and Jen Sheen -- Marker-exchange mutagenesis and complementation strategies for the gram-negative bacteria Xanthomonas ...

Plants use sophisticated molecular machinery to distinguish friend from foe, co-exist with other organisms and defend against pathogens. Similarly, plant pathogens have evolved intricate strategies to ...

For these methods to be effective and durable, researchers need a thorough understanding of the molecular interactions between crops and their pathogens. To achieve that, large-scale sequencing of ...

A pivotal study illuminates the genetic dynamics in tissue-specific interactions between apple trees and Valsa mali, a fungus causing severe disease. By examining the adaptive regulation of miRNAs and ...

As a result of climate change, a multitude of abiotic and biotic stresses are emerging, and their combination, known as ...

The New Phytologist, Vol. 232, No. 1 (October 2021), pp. 8-10 (3 pages) Allan E, van Ruijven J, Crawley MJ. 2010. Foliar fungal pathogens and grassland biodiversity. Ecology 91: 2572-2582. Daleo P, ...

In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be. In the ...

Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

A review in Fruit Research by researchers from Henan Agricultural University, China, explore the state of art of research on jujube witches’ broom (‘Zaofeng’) disease, a fruit tree disease associated ...

The fungus Hemileia vastatrix strikes a plant on a coffee farm in Aquires, Costa Rica. Edwin Remsberg via Getty Images The agricultural impact of climate change would be a little more straightforward, ...