Plant diseases continue to pose a significant threat to global agriculture, leading to substantial losses in crop yield and quality. As the global ...

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 ...

Structural equation model linking siderophore production, siderophore-mediated interactions, and biomass with pathogen ...

In a new study published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®, researchers discovered that potato plants rely on salicylic acid (SA)—a plant hormone best known for its role in triggering immune re ...

The research has opened up the possibility in the future that bacteria could be used as 'soil probiotics' to protect plants from pathogens. Story Source: Materials provided by University of York.

Virginia Tech. "Researchers combine technologies to resolve plant pathogen genomes." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 29 January 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 01 / 200129120142.htm>.

Stagonosporanodorum is a necrotrophic pathogen of wheat, and over the past decade, we have dissected the genetic components of the wheat-S. nodorumpathosystem. S. nodorum produces numerous ...

More information: Soledad Sacristán et al, How Do Pathogens Evolve Novel Virulence Activities?, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2021). DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-20-0258-IA ...

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 ...